State and federal officials Wednesday confirmed a positive case of bird flu in a second commercial poultry flock in Elbert County near where the first one was discovered last week. This is sixth detection overall since the nationwide outbreak began in 2022.
“HPAI (bird flu) remains a serious threat to our state’s economy, Georgia’s #1 industry, and the health and safety poultry in our state, and our team at the Georgia Department of Agriculture responded immediately to start depopulation, disposal, and cleaning & disinfecting operations,” agriculture department Commissioner Tyler Harper said. “The close proximity of the affected premises allowed our team to respond to both cases concurrently, and while those operations continue, our law enforcement officers are maintaining a secure perimeter to prevent further spread…”
The second contaminated site is about 200 yards from the first one, which contained about 45,000 broilers. The second location had approximately 130,000 broilers