DATCP and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) animal health officials are responding jointly to the outbreak. Poultry and products from the affected premises are restricted from movement, and the flock will be depopulated to prevent further spread.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed Sunday in a second commercial poultry flock in Adair County, state officials announced Tuesday. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry reported the first case of avian influenza,

APHIS reported that Beadle, Charles Mix and Moody counties each had one commercial meat turkey flock struck by HPAI. The Moody County flock was the largest with 46,700 turkeys. The Beadle County flock had 15,200 turkeys and the Charles Mix flock had 32,400 turkeys.