# USDA: HPAI detection in Washington (Livestock, Commercial Flocks, Wild Birds)

> USDA confirmed H5N1 in three dairy herds in Washington on November 5 and in a commercial table-egg pullet flock in Pierce County on November 4, affecting 47,000 birds. The agency also reported 23 wild birds testing positive across Yakima and Grant counties.

- Date: 2026-11-07 · published 2026-11-07T12:13:29.120Z
- Category: disease · region Washington, United States · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/85940-usda-hpai-detection-in-washington-livestock-commercial-flocks-wild-birds
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

The affected pullet flock may constrain future egg-layer supply, while detections in dairy herds add disease-related risk to livestock operations; broader spread could increase poultry and egg prices.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2024-11-14 | [HPAI still spreading in Western livestock](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16045-hpai-still-spreading-in-western-livestock.md) | -0.3% | -6.0% |
| MILK | 2025-01-08 | [Avian flu keeps chugging along in birds, cows \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16035-avian-flu-keeps-chugging-along-in-birds-cows-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | -1.0% | -0.6% |
| MILK | 2024-03-27 | [Avian flu detections in dairy cows raise more key questions \| CIDRAP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16106-avian-flu-detections-in-dairy-cows-raise-more-key-questions-cidrap.md) | -6.0% | -5.1% |
| MILK | 2024-11-27 | [Bird flu H5N1 outbreak in cattle and Canada infection worry scientists  : Shots - Health News : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16047-bird-flu-h5n1-outbreak-in-cattle-and-canada-infection-worry-scientists-shots.md) | -4.5% | -5.9% |
| MILK | 2022-07-26 | [Foot-and-mouth disease: Impacts would go far beyond huge livestock losses - MPI report's warning - NZ Herald](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40440-foot-and-mouth-disease-impacts-would-go-far-beyond-huge-livestock-losses-mpi.md) | -0.0% | -10.9% |

## Sources

- flu.org.cn: http://www.flu.org.cn/en/news-23226.html

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