date:Jan 19, 2016
Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently discovered a new strain of avian influenza, H7N8, at nearly nine farms in the state of Indiana.
The turkey flocks were found to be infected during surveillance testing in the control area surrounding the initial highly pathogenic H7N8 avian influenza (HPAI) case in that state.
USDA said HPAI viruses spread quickly and cause high mortality in domestic poultry. H7 LPAI viruses have been known to mutate into HPAI vi