FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Officials with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Research & Extension Service said on Tuesday that two additional cases of avian flu have been found in Arkansas.
Officials said the infected birds were found in Drew and White counties. This is alongside Friday’s announcement of an avian flu infection in a Cleveland County commercial flock.
Arkansas confirms case of bird flu in Cleveland County
Dustan Clark, extension poultry veterinarian for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said the White County infection was likely due to exposure to infected wildfowl.
Wildfowl migration is at its peak along the Mississippi Flyway, and Clark said public reports of dead and dying wildfowl are increasing…