The Delaware Department of Agriculture announced Nov. 7 that a backyard chicken flock in Kent County tested presumptive positive for bird flu after experiencing a high death rate. The remainder of the flock is being depopulated to prevent the spread of the disease.

Across the region, the HPAI situation has deteriorated sharply since the start of October, particularly in Germany.

An egg supplier in Wisconsin announced on Wednesday that it is issuing a temporary layoff of about 65 employees in the coming days. In a November 5 letter addressed to

PETALUMA, Calif. -- The avian flu is hitting California hard. More than three million birds have been euthanized in the Golden State now. The first Sonoma County outbreaks were detected in Petaluma a month ago. At that time, 250,000 birds were put down.

The CFIA said the farm owners failed to report the initial cases of illness and deaths when the herd was infected.

China lifted a ban linked to Brazil's avian influenza outbreak, the country's General Administration of Customs said in a notice released on Friday.