LINCOLN- In late December, state and federal agricultural officials identified a sixth Nebraska case from 2024 of highly pathogenic avian influenza. This one was found in a commercial flock of broiler chickens in Johnson County, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture announced on New Year’s Eve. It was December’s fifth confirmed case. Johnson County is in southeast Nebraska.

State Veterinarian Dr. Roger Dudley has said he expects to find more instances of the “highly contagious virus” because it has circulated in wild birds and commercial and backyard flocks. Before this one, cases were identified in backyard flocks in Sarpy and Lancaster Counties, a commercial flock in Nemaha County, and one in a backyard flock in Dodge County.

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