# Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) - Camden County Center | N.C. Cooperative Extension

> NC State Extension warns that HPAI is a threat to North Carolina poultry after wood ducks in South Carolina tested positive in December 2023. Recent US commercial and backyard outbreaks include a commercial turkey flock in North Carolina. The article gives biosecurity guidance for keeping flocks away from wild birds and waterways.

- Date: 2024-02-20 · published 2024-02-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16120-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-hpai-camden-county-center-n-c-cooperative
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Extension biosecurity guidance is advisory and does not itself change supply. It signals ongoing regional disease risk to poultry production.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2025-06-09 | [Fact checking highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15996-fact-checking-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-hpai.md) | +2.5% | +5.9% |
| HOGS | 2023-02-08 | [Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the Agricultural Community \| NIOSH Science Bulletin \| CDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16208-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-hpai-in-the-agricultural-community-niosh.md) | +1.0% | +9.8% |
| HOGS | 2024-04-10 | [Get the Facts Straight on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza - Bovine Vet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16102-get-the-facts-straight-on-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-bovine-vet.md) | +3.7% | +2.9% |
| HOGS | 2017-09-07 | [Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, Tennessee, USA, March 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68837-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-a-h7n9-virus-tennessee-usa-march-2017.md) | -5.4% | -10.8% |
| HOGS | 2024-05-03 | [Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu and its potential impact on Florida Livestock - UF/IFAS Extension Hardee County](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16097-highly-pathogenic-bird-flu-and-its-potential-impact-on-florida-livestock-uf.md) | -0.6% | +1.1% |
| SBM | 2025-06-09 | [Fact checking highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15996-fact-checking-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-hpai.md) | -1.2% | -9.3% |
| SBM | 2022-02-08 | [Highly pathogenic avian influenza returns to US flocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-returns-to-us-flocks.md) | -1.4% | +3.8% |
| SBM | 2023-02-08 | [Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the Agricultural Community \| NIOSH Science Bulletin \| CDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16208-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-hpai-in-the-agricultural-community-niosh.md) | +3.5% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- camden.ces.ncsu.edu: https://camden.ces.ncsu.edu/news/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-hpai-2024/

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