Bird flu has been confirmed in a second commercial poultry flock in Elbert County, the Georgia Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. The second contaminated site, listed as Elbert 02, is 210 yards away from the first location,

Another case of bird flu has been confirmed on a Georgia farm, this time hitting a larger poultry operation near the site of the state’s first commercial case. The second case was caught through “routine,

A second commercial case of avian influenza, or the “bird flu,” has been confirmed in northeast Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

The announcement that a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been found in a second flock comes less than a week after the Georgia Department of Agriculture announced a case in a flock about 200 yards away from the newly confirmed case, according to a state release.

Georgia’s $7.75 billion commercial poultry industry – one of the largest in the nation – was working Tuesday to keep bird flu from spreading after a case was confirmed in an operation in Elbert County.

Georgia has confirmed its first bird flu outbreak in a commercial poultry flock, marking a significant threat to the state’s top agricultural sector. The H5N1 strain was detected in Elbert County. Authorities have suspended all poultry-related activities statewide to prevent further spread and safeguard the livelihoods of thousands of farmers.

For the first time since the 2022 countrywide outbreak, bird flu hit a poultry producer in Georgia, the nation’s top state for chicken production. The state Department of Agriculture announced Friday that the agency has detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza at a commercial poultry producer in Elbert County,

The Department of Agriculture has suspended poultry production at a facility in Georgia after the bird flu virus was detected.