NDSU Extension offers guidance on handling HPAI-suspected wild birds during hunting season
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in wild birds throughout all U.S. migratory flyways. State of North Dakota photo.
Hunters should dress game birds in the field when possible and practice good biosecurity to prevent any potential disease spread.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed multiple cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in North Dakota in wild birds, backyard poultry and commercial poultry flocks. All positive cases in domestic flocks this fall have been attributed to inter…
