Ogden, UT – According to the statement, officials have worked closely with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Inspection Service on their incident response.
Officials also said that the area in which the birds were located has been quarantined and the infected birds have been depopulated to prevent further spread of the disease.
As part of existing avian influenza response plans, UDAF and its federal partners are working jointly on additional surveillance and testing in areas around the affected flock.
Anyone with birds located in Sanpete County please vigilantly watch your flock for symptoms of HPAI, which include high death loss among flocks, nasal discharge, decreased appetite or water consumption, and lack of coordination in birds.
If birds are experiencing any of these symptoms, please contact the state veterinarian’s office immediately at [email protected].
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the recent HPAI detections do not present an immediate public health concern.
No human cases of this strain of HPAI have been detected in the United States.