HPAI detections continue into June due to dairy infections

June 19, 2025

So far in 2025, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has affected 53 commercial layer and pullet farms, with more than 39.3 million birds impacted. Since February 2022, the total has reached 139 commercial layer and/or …

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Tony Wesner testifies before Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry

February 27, 2025

On Wednesday, February 26, Tony Wesner, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Rose Acre Farms, testified before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry during the “Perspectives From the Field: Farmer …

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HPAI: Looking back and looking ahead

December 6, 2024

2024 has brought no relief to egg production with HPAI infections continuing to skyrocket, and the threat level has compounded since March following a single spillover event of HPAI into dairy cattle. The virus spread …

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USPOULTRY hosts HPAI Impact & Insights Forum

November 14, 2024

The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) recently hosted a HPAI Impact & Insights Forum on October 29-30 in Arlington, Virginia. The event brought together industry professionals, researchers, and stakeholders across the barnyard to assess the …

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Additional HPAI detections in western US dairies and poultry flocks

November 14, 2024

Recently, there have been two HPAI detections in layer operations in California and Arizona, which bring the total layer detections in this outbreak since February 2022 to 68 layer and pullets flocks totaling over 82.7 million …

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