Dan Carden

Five months after Hoosier agriculture officials declared Indiana's devastating bird flu outbreak over, a new suspected case has landed in the northeast corner of the state.

The State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) announced Thursday it has quarantined a LaGrange County commercial breeder flock of 2,617 ducks due to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu.

It's Indiana's first bird flu poultry quarantine since May, when a Porter County backyard/hobby flock of 360 chickens had to be depopulated after testing positive for HPAI, records show .

Statewide, more than 8 million egg-laying chickens, turkeys and ducks have been destroyed so far this year due to HPAI — endangering Indiana's poultry industry and causing the price of eggs to soar nationwide.

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