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, the highly pathogenic avian influenza colloquially known as bird flu, was detected in an Elbert County commercial poultry operation near the state’s border with South Carolina. This is the state’s fifth case of bird flu, but first in a commercial poultry operation.
“For the first time since the ongoing, nationwide outbreak began in 2022, HPAI has been confirmed in a commercial poultry operation in the state of Georgia,” said Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper in a press release.