GEORGIA (WALB) - The fifth case of confirmed case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in Georgia, according to a release.

The case was at a commercial poultry plant in Gordon County, Georgia. The release said that this marks the third case of confirmed HPAI in a commercial operation and the fifth overall detection in the state.

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The Georgia Department of Agriculture worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) to confirm this case.

Since the nationwide avian influenza outbreak began in 2022, more than 182 million birds have been affected across the United States, including 340,000 in Georgia, the release said.

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