Georgia, the leading state in chicken production, reported its first commercial poultry bird flu case, prompting immediate action to curb the virus. The agriculture department has quarantined surrounding areas and halted poultry events,

Bird flu has been detected in a Georgia commercial poultry flock for the first time since a countrywide outbreak in 2022

The Georgia Department of Agriculture shut down all poultry activities, including sales and exhibitions, in the state after bird flu was detected at a commercial poultry operation. Friday, a case of H5N1,

On Friday, the Georgia Department of Agriculture reported that a bird flu case had been identified at a poultry facility in Elbert County. Now, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper is reassuring people that eating poultry products is safe,

The bird flu has reached the state’s prized poultry industry, with the first commercial case of bird flu hitting a producer in northeast Georgia. The state Department of Agriculture announced late Friday that a positive case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza had been confirmed at a commercial poultry operation in Elbert County.