Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) 2024 - 2026

 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Resource Page

CCE Onondaga will update this resource page with the latest information about HPAI. 

Get the most updated information from the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disea...

• Detections Updates: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disea...
• Poultry detections dashboard https://publicdashboards.dl.usda.gov/t/MRP_PUB/views/VS_Avian_HPAIConfirmedDetections2022/HPAI2022ConfirmedDetections
• Dairy & Cattle Livestock detections dashboard https://publicdashboards.dl.usda.gov/t/MRP_PUB/views/VS_Cattle_HPAIConfirmedDetections2024/HPAI2022ConfirmedDetections
• USDA Information about HPAI in English and Spanish
  http://cceonondaga.org/resources/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-download-file
• Cornell NYS  Updates on Avian Flu detections https://cwhl.vet.cornell.edu/article/highly-pathog...
  • Use this form, to update the DEC on suspected avian flu on your farm

Fact Sheets - Prevent the spread of avian flu on your farm:

• Producers: You Can Prevent the Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (399.62 KB)
• Manage Wildlife To Prevent Avian Influenza (200.66 KB)
• Hunters: Protect Yourself and Your Birds From Avian Influenza (296.4 KB)
• Improving Biosecurity With Wildlife Management Practices: Preventing Access to Barns and Other Facilities (1 MB)
• Improving Biosecurity With Wildlife Management Practices: Reducing Water Access (1.34 MB)
• Improving Biosecurity With Wildlife Management Practices: Protecting Food Resources (1.2 MB)

National Milk Testing Program 

https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-release...

• National Milk Testing Strategy

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disea...

• Milk Testing dashboard https://publicdashboards.dl.usda.gov/t/MRP_PUB/views/H5AIinDairyCattleNationalMilkTestingStrategy/CurrentDashboard

Biosecurity continues to be the best way to prevent HPAI in livestock

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disea...

Human health precautions:

• NYSDOH has produced a video "Avian Influenza on Dairy Farms: Keeping Workers Safe", which includes information and resources to help combat HPAI once it is detected in a dairy herd. There are links to resources, including information for native Spanish speakers, opportunities to prepare by accessing personal protective equipment (PPE), and additional training options.
• Frequently Asked Questions provide additional information on transmission, and how to best protect farmworkers.
• If you, or workers on your farm have been exposed to H5N1, please contact the Onondaga County Health Department, Bureau of Disease Control, at (315) 435-3236.

CDC Information on Human Health and Bird Flu

https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/caring/infected-birds-exposure.html

Cornell Fact Sheet about HPAI released April 26, 2024

http://cceonondaga.org/resources/april-26-2024-cornell-fact-sheet-about-hpai

USDA Information about HPAI in English and Spanish

http://cceonondaga.org/resources/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-download-file

For Dairy Farmers - Summary of information from Cornell's April 3, 2024,"HPAI Dairy Foods Virtual Office Hours" held on April 3, 2024. http://cceonondaga.org/resources/dairy-farms-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-hpai

Last updated January 14, 2026