By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — All poultry activities have been suspended in Georgia after bird flu was confirmed in a commercial poultry operation, officials said Friday. The positive bird flu case in Elbert County was confirmed by the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the US Department of Agriculture, a news release said. This marks the first time bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial poultry operation in Georgia since the nationwide o…

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All poultry activities suspended in Georgia after bird flu confirmed in a commercial operation

Georgia has suspended all poultry activities after bird flu was confirmed in a commercial poultry operation, officials said Friday.

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Bird flu was confirmed in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia on Friday, so state agriculture officials ordered a halt to multiple poultry-related activities to stop the spread.

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Bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia for the first time since the current outbreak began in 2022, officials say.

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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 commerci…

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Georgia officials suspended the sale of poultry in the state after confirming a positive case of bird flu in a commercial operation, threatening one of the state’s prime industries.

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Bird flu had been diagnosed at a farm just over 10 km from York and control measures are now in force across part of North and East Yorkshire.

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This story was updated at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, with more information. 
	The bird flu has reached the state’s prized poultry industry, with the first commercial case of bird flu hitting a producer in northeast Georgia.
	The state Department of Agriculture announced late Friday that a positive case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza had been confirmed at a commercial poultry operation in Elbert County.
	Before Friday, the bird f…

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