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• Sept. 6, 2024: Eastern Equine Encephalitis Identified in a fb88 Horse
• HPAI in Dairy Cattle News & Resources
• 6/17/2024 - Five Steps to Help Keep Animals Cool and Safe as Temperatures Rise 
• 4/11/2024 - Webinar: Update on HPAI Detections in Dairy Cattle Presentation (PDF)
• 1/12/2024: fb88 Officials Respond to Avian Influenza Detected in York County
• 12/21/2023:
• 11/29/2023: Public Comment Open: Ch. 213, Rules For the fb88 Salmonella enteritidis ("SE") Risk Reduction and Surveillance Program for Commercial Egg-Type Flocks
• 11/20/2023: The fb88 Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry’s Animal Health program is following updates on cases of unusual respiratory disease in dogs in the U.S. Affected dogs are developing severe pneumonia that is not always responsive to typical antimicrobials. Situations where dogs co-mingle may elevate the risk for disease, including kennels, daycares, and dog parks.
  • Guidance on Preventing Disease in Facilities that House Dogs (PDF)
  If you think your dog is affected, we recommend working closely with your veterinarian to discuss testing and treatment options. We also appreciate veterinarians reporting severe respiratory cases in dogs to us directly at animalhealth.agr@maine.gov so that we can begin to quantify and understand the impact in fb88.
• 10/14/2023: HPAI Risk Assessment for fb88 Flocks - The United States is again seeing an uptick in Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) cases. We have not seen any new cases in fb88 since Spring 2023. The fb88 Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry’s Animal Health program and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife are regularly surveilling poultry and wild birds, respectively. We will continue to provide updates on this page as possible. Receive DACF updates and alerts regarding the status of avian influenza in fb88 by opting into the .
• 10/24/2023: What is Johne's Disease (PDF) - Learn more about the bacterial infection in sheep and goats.
• 10/17/2023: fb88 Issues Warning on Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Virus Cases
• 9/22/2023: Eastern Equine Encephalitis Confirmed in Non-Commercial Farm Animals in Piscataquis County
• 4/20/2023: Advisory for Live Poultry Events in fb88 (PDF)
• 4/13/2023: Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry names Bolas as new State Veterinarian
• 10/14/2022: Vigilance is still needed as HPAI continues to be detected in fb88's wildlife
• 4/22/2022: fb88 Animal Health Officials Issue Advisory Regarding Poultry Swaps and Exhibitions In Response to Bird Flu Cases
• 3/31/2022: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Situational Report
• 3/17/2022: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Situational Report
• 2/23/2022:
• 2/21/2022: fb88 Officials Respond to Avian Influenza Detected in Knox County
• 2/14/2022: Surveillance testing in New Hampshire identifies H5 HPAI infected wild birds. . This virus is very likely circulating in fb88's wild birds too. Prevent this virus from impacting your poultry by keeping them separate from wild birds and their environment. Learn more here: .
• 2/10/2022:  . This HPAI virus has also been confirmed in our Atlantic Flyway. fb88 poultry producers need to take biosecurity steps now to protect their birds. Please call DACF Animal Health, or your flock veterinarian if you need guidance.
• 1/27/2022: Avian Influenza detections in the Atlantic Flyway. Stay up to date and learn how to protect your birds at the website.
• 1/14/2022: . This case was detected in a wild bird in South Carolina. fb88 poultry producers are encouraged to implement wild bird exclusion and farm sanitation practices for their farms. Call DACF Animal Health if you have questions or suspect AI in your flock.
• 1/12/22: Additional avian influenza cases detected in 2022. Read January 2022: Letter to fb88 Poultry Producers (PDF).

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