Bird Flu in Michigan: One man being tested after exposure to avian flu

The Brief

  • Man from Oakland County farm being tested for Bird Flu.
  • This comes after some chickens on the farm tested positive.
  • 100 chickens have been culled, farm is still open.

WATERFORD, Mich. (FOX 2) One man is being tested after being exposed to Bird Flu from infected chickens in Waterford.

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed on Thursday, and was detected in a backyard flock. It is the second case of HPAI in Oakland County since the virus was first detected in Michigan back in 2022.

“Mild like upper respiratory symptoms, so congestion and cough,” said Chief Christie Clement-Halladay from Oakland County Communicable Disease Unit.

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