Onehumanandmorethan37millionbirds—comprisedmostlyofpoultryacross172commercialflocksand119backyardflocksin34states—havebeenbeenaffectedinthecurrentavianinfluenzaoutbreak. TheCentersforDiseaseControlandPreventionannouncedinApril2022thataColoradomanwasthefirstreportedU.S.citizentohavecontractedtheH5N1virusduringthecurrentoutbreak.Thepatientwasaninmateatastatecorrectionalfacilitywhosepre-releaseemploymentprograminvolvedthedepopulation,orkilling,ofpoultryatacommercialfarminMontroseCounty.Hisonlysymptomwasfatigue,andhehassincemadeacompleterecovery. StackercompiledstatisticsontheavianinfluenzainNebraskausingdatafromtheU.S.DepartmentofAgriculture.ThedataiscurrentasofMay9.AccordingtotheUSDA,theaffectedcountcapturesthetotalnumberofbirdsonthepremiseswheretheH5N1viruswasdetected.Althoughitispossiblethatnoteverybirdwascarryingthevirus,allbirdswithinanaffectedpopulationareculledtopreventfurtherspread. Impactfromstatetostatevariesbasedlargelyonthenumberofcommercialoperationswithineachstate.InOhio,justonebackyardflockand20birdswereaffected.InneighboringPennsylvania,closeto4millionbirdshavebeendestroyed.Worsestill,Iowa,whichhadthehighestnumberofchickensofanyU.S.statein2021with60millionheads,hasbeenthemostseverelyimpactedintermsofquantity,losingalittlemorethan13millionbirdssincetheviruswasfirstreportedinacommercialturkeyflockinIndianainFebruary2022. TheimpactoftheoutbreakisbeingfeltbymanyAmericansatthegrocerystore.AccordingtotheUSDA’sFoodPriceOutlookforApril2022,poultrypricesarepredictedtoincreasebetween7.5%and8.5%,andeggpricesarepredictedtoincreasebetween6%and7%due,inpart,todecreasedproductionatsomeofthecountry’sbiggestcommercialflocks. Readontolearnmoreabouthowthecurrentavianinfluenzaoutbreakisaffectingwildandcommercialbirdsinyourstate. -NumberofbirdsaffectedinNebraska:4.9million -#2mostbirdsaffectedamongallstates -12.9%ofallbirdsaffectednationwide CountieswiththemostbirdsaffectedinNebraska #1.Knox:2.1millionbirdsaffected(43.7%ofallcasesinNebraska) #2.Dixon:1.7million(36.0%) #3.Butler:987,000(20.3%) #4.Merrick:90(0.0%) #5.Holt:50(0.0%) #6.Washington:50(0.0%) #7.ScottsBluff:30(0.0%) Stateswiththemostbirdsaffected #1.Iowa:13.4million #2.Nebraska:4.9million #3.Pennsylvania:3.9million #4.Wisconsin:3.0million #5.Minnesota:2.9million Youmayalsolike:MostvaluablecropsgrowninNebraska Sourcelink

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