Georgia officials announced Wednesday that a second commercial poultry flock in the state had been found with a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).

Georgia officials have confirmed a first-ever case of the bird flu in a commercial poultry operation in the state.

Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new strain of bird flu, marking the second strain detected in herds since March.

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,

A strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus that has typically spread in poultry and wild birds recently jumped to dairy cattle in Nevada, the Department of Agriculture reported Wednesday, noting the transition is the first time the strain has been detected in cows.

U.S. dairy cattle tested positive for a strain of bird flu that previously had not been seen in cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.