A flock of table egg laying hens in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is the latest case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to be reported in a United States commercial poultry operation.<\/p>\n
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service<\/a> (APHIS) reported that the case was confirmed on February 11, and that there were 104,800 birds involved.<\/p>\n This situation was confirmed one day after another case of HPAI was reported in the same county, involving a flock of 36,000 commercial meat turkeys<\/a>.<\/p>\n So far in 2026, Pennsylvania has had three commercial egg layer flocks struck by HPAI, all of which have been in Lancaster County. Two earlier flock infections were confirmed on January 28 and February 3.<\/p>\n Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding<\/a>\u00a0in a recent press release reminded poultry producers that in the event their flocks become infected, or their operations are temporarily paused due to nearby infections, they can apply for\u00a0HPAI Recovery Grants<\/a>, the nation\u2019s first fund dedicated to helping poultry businesses get back on their feet after devastating losses from avian influenza.<\/p>\n Pennsylvania\u2019s HPAI Recovery Fund, which funds the grants, received a total of $75 million in state funding from 2022 to 2024. The fund has $59.45 million in reserve.<\/p>\n To learn more about HPAI cases in commercial poultry flocks in the United States, Mexico and Canada, see an\u00a0interactive map<\/a>\u00a0on WATTPoultry.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n