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SALEM – The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) has found the state’s first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) at a dairy in Morrow County. The department did not specify the name of the dairy. Its news release did say that “no additional affected dairies have been identified at this time.”
Affected dairy under quarantine; milk and food supply remain safe for consumption. Milk from a Morrow County dairy tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). This is the first detection of HPAI in Oregon dairy cattle. Preliminary detection of HPAI was identified through Oregon’s routine statewide milk surveillance program,...