PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE REPORTS 2025’S FIRST BIRD FLU OUTBREAK IN COMMERCIAL POULTRY

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is reporting the commonwealth’s first bird flu outbreak in commercial poultry for 2025.  Officials say a flock of 50-thousand chickens at a farm in Lehigh County have tested positive for the illness.  State and federal workers are on the farm and are carrying out a response plan to limit the spread of the virus.  No bird flu cases in humans or dairy cattle have been reported in Pennsylvania so far.