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ACCOMACK COUNTY, VA - The spread of bird flu on Delmarva has now reached Virginia’s Eastern Shore, according to the Accomack County Cooperative Extension.

The Cooperative Extension announced Thursday Highly Contagious Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been found in Accomack County and asked both commercial producers and backyard flock owners to follow biosecurity measures to protect their flocks. 

Accomack County is now the latest Delmarva county to report the highly pathogenic virus. On Wednesday, Queen Anne’s County in Maryland reported the avian disease had been found in a broiler flock. Commercial operations in Caroline County, MD and Kent County, DE. Wild snow geese were also previously found in Sussex County, DE and both Worcester and Dorchester Counties in Maryland. 

The Accomack County Cooperative Extension askes anyone with increased deaths in their flocks to contact the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services at 540-209-9120. 

A list of poultry biosecurity measures can be found on the Accomack County Cooperative Extension Facebook page here.  

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. 

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