The U.S. is quickly approaching a record number of wild birds and poultry affected by avian influenza, announced the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week.
Since early 2022, more than 49 million birds have either died due to a Eurasian H5N1 avian virus infection or have been culled due to exposure to infected birds.
As of November 7, 2022, this news is nearing the largest bird flu outbreak in the U.S. that occurred in 2015.
Even so, the number of states affected in 2022 is already more than double the number of states involved in 2015.
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