The first case of avian flu in a commercial poultry operation has been found, according to the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

Bird flu has been detected in a Georgia commercial poultry flock for the first time since a countrywide outbreak in 2022.

A second commercial case of avian influenza, or the “bird flu,” has been confirmed in northeast Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

Georgia’s Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper said his department activated its emergency operations center on Thursday night.

The announcement that a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been found in a second flock comes less than a week after the Georgia Department of Agriculture announced a case in a flock about 200 yards away from the newly confirmed case, according to a state release.

This is also the second case identified in Elbert County, though based on reporting by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, the third overall detection in the state.

Georgia is the nation's largest poultry producing state. Last week, bird flu was found for the first time in a commercial poultry plant in the state.

The Trump Administration has frozen many federal health agencies’ communications with the public until at least the end of the month.

Another case of bird flu has been confirmed on a Georgia farm, this time hitting a larger poultry operation near the site of the state’s first commercial case. The second case was caught through “routine,

For the first time during the 2022-25 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak, the presence of the virus has been confirmed in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia.

Bird flu has been detected in a Georgia commercial poultry flock for the first time since a countrywide outbreak in 2022.

Bird flu has been identified in a commercial poultry producer in Georgia for the first time since the nationwide outbreak began in 2022