ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (WDBJ) – Avian influenza has been detected in 15 black vultures found dead in Rocky Mount last week, according to the Town of Rocky Mount.
A statement from the town reads:
Preliminary testing results have detected H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the black vultures that were collected from Rocky Mount last week. This is exactly as we expected it to be and is consistent with numerous other HPAI events in vultures in Virginia (and a number of other states) over the past several months.…