29.01.2015

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N2 has been reported in a 5,000-bird game flock in Okanogan County in north-central Washington. It’s the largest avian influenza outbreak to date in Washington, where three non-commercial flocks in other parts of the state had previously been infected, apparently by migrating birds. Wild birds and a captive falcon that died after eating wild duck also tested positive for avian influenza.