BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) has confirmed several cases of high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild waterfowl in western and southern Idaho.
The incidents of HPAI recently found in Washington, Oregon, California and Utah, led USDA Wildlife Services and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to increase routine disease surveillance of wild waterfowl in common migratory regions of Idaho. Surveillance conducted in Gooding County identified several cases of H5N8 avian influenza in wild ducks.
A small backyard poultry flock in Canyon County, Idaho, was identified as having chickens positive for H5N2. That flock was. . .