Low pathogenic avian flu detected in 3 US states

Birds test positive for low pathogenic avian influenza at live poultry markets in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.

Animal health authorities are conducting trace-back and testing at markets that have epidemiologic links to the affected markets, Hayden said. APHIS manages a joint system with states and the poultry industry to control low-pathogenic H5 and H7 in live-bird market systems and that states participating in the program have APHIS-approved response plans, she added.