Uptick in HPAI cases in Kansas City, Missouri area

There’s been an uptick in the number of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) cases in migratory birds in the Kansas City area.

Jacqui Blessington, director of the Lakeside Nature Center in Kansas City, told Missourinet that it does not have an exact number of cases yet.

“Our cases right now are ‘guess-timated’ to be a couple of dozen, but we’re waiting on testing,” she said. “We’re assuming there’s a lot of positivity on the ones we’ve sent, but we’re still waiting on final confirmation.”…

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