Bird flu hits farm in Caroline County, marking the first case detected in Maryland this year

By: Danielle J. Brown

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: January 31, 2026

Words: 580

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago


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State agriculture officials announced this week that the highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza, known as bird flu, was detected on a commercial farm in Caroline County, the first case detected in Maryland this year.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture said in a statement Thursday that preliminary results of testing on a broiler chicken farm in the county detected the highly contagious virus among birds on the farm, where the birds are raised for meat …

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