Animal Health Official Respond to First Detection of High Path Avian Influenza in a Pig

Animal health officials are responding to the first case of a pig in the United States testing positive for high path H5N1 avian influenza. On October 30th USDA confirmed that the first detection in a pig of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza had occurred on a small backyard mixed farm in Oregon that housed poultry, swine, sheep and goats.