While avian influenza reappears in Arkansas, it is also spreading in Minnesota and Saskatchewan.

After being absent from commercial poultry in Arkansas for more than a year, the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in the state on October 31.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), a flock of 31,600 broiler breeder pullets was infected in Madison County.