GORDON COUNTY, Ga. - The Georgia Department of Agriculture said it has confirmed a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a commercial poultry operation in Gordon County.

HPAI detected in Gordon County

What we know:

Officials said the chicken producer noticed signs of illness on Wednesday and immediately reported it. Samples were collected Thursday and sent to a diagnostic lab, where results confirmed the presence of HPAI.

On Friday, the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Emergency Management and State Agricultural Response Teams were deployed to the site to begin "depopulation, disposal, cleaning, and disinfection procedures."

The affected operation housed approximately 140,000 broiler chickens. All commercial poultry operations within a 6.2-mile (10-kilometer) radius

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