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H5 confirmed Kent County Michigan Commercial poultry

H5 confirmed Kent Co Michigan Commercial poultry

H5 confirmed Jefferson County Wisconsin Commercial poultry

H5 confirmed Walworth County Wisconsin Commercial poultry

NVSL has uploaded a large series of H5 seqs to GISAID More Pennsylvania D1.1 with wild bird PA and NP but VERY complex MANY reassortment combinations

A/snow goose/Pennsylvania/06298-001/2025 | 12/12/25 D1.1 NP PA reassortant PA 2151 2145 A/snow goose/Pennsylvania/06526-002/2025 | 12/15/25 A/red-tailed hawk/Pennsylvania/06526-001/2025 | 12/15/25 A/red-tailed hawk/Pennsylvania/06529-001/2025 | 12/17/25

A/snow goose/Pennsylvania/06298-001/2025 | 12/12/25 D1.1 PA NP Reassortant NP 1497 1495 A/red-tailed hawk/Pennsylvania/06526-001/2025 | 12/15/25 1493 A/red-tailed hawk/Pennsylvania/06529-001/2025 | 112/17/25 1491 A/blue-winged teal/USA/025844-012-R2/2025 LPAI H4N6

A/snow goose/Pennsylvania/06298-001/2025 | 12/12/25 D1.1 PA NP Reassortant NP 1497 1495 A/red-tailed hawk/Pennsylvania/06526-001/2025 | 12/15/25 1493 A/red-tailed hawk/Pennsylvania/06529-001/2025 | 112/17/25 1491 A/blue-winged teal/USA/025844-012-R2/2025 LPAI H4N6

Recent H5 detections on farms in Pennylvania has increased recently as seen in APHIS detections These increases may be linked to novel H5N1 D1.1 reassortants uploaded to GISAID by NVSL

Recent H5 detections in wild birds in Pennylvania has increased recently as seen in APHIS detections These increases may be linked to novel H5N1 D1.1 reassortants uploaded to GISAID by NVSL 1/2

NVSL has uploaded wild bird H5N1 seqs to GISAID The seqs incl location a collection dates Included are novel D1.1 reassortants from Dec 2015 collections in Pennsylvania like A/snow goose/Pennsylvania/06298-001/2025 | 12/12/25 PA and NP segs from North American wild birds

H5 confirmed Jefferson County Wisconsin Commercial poultry

H5 confirmed Langley Township British Columbia Non-comercial

H5 confirmed Langley Township British Columbia Commercial Poultry

H5 confirmed Amhersberg Ontario Commercial poultry

H5 confirmed Yarmouth County Nova Scotia Non-commercial Non-poultry

Washington State University uploaded 10 sets of D1.1 Dairy seqs to GISAID with PB2 D701N collected in early 2025

UC Davis uploaded 69 sets of California seqs to GISAID collected between 2023-2025

Public Health Agency of Canada has uploaded 80 sets of H5N1 British Columbia seqs to GISAID Nov/Dec 2025 collections Largely D1.1 Closest to US Pacific Flyway D1.1 seqs

NVSL uploaded 76 sets of H5N1 seqs to GISAID Largely wild bird and poultry w/ collection date and location Largely D1.1 incl A/raccoon/Washington/05425-001/2025 | 12/5/25 D1.1 w/ PB2 E627K

A/turkey/Washington/04434-001-v/2025 | 11/14/25 NS 938 A/Washington/2148/2025 | 11/10/25 2148 A/Ringed_Seal/NU/FAV-0410-3/2024 | 10/9/24 A/Ringed_Seal/NU/FAV-0410-2/2024 | 10/9/24 A/Northern_Fulmar/NU/FAV-0290-1/2024 | 10/4/24 937 A/northern_fulmar/Greenland/08238-1.01/2023

A/turkey/Washington/04434-001-v/2025 | 11/14/25 MP 982 A/Washington/2148/2025 | 11/10/25 981 A/Iceland gull/Iceland/2025AI03229/2025 | 3/7/25 A/Arctic fox/Iceland/2025AI03209/2025 | 1/25/25 A/Red_Kite/England/055216/2024 | 11/13/24 A/Barn_Owl/Scotland/014863/2025 | 2/19/25

A/turkey/Washington/04434-001-v/2025 | 11/14/25 NP 1497 A/Herring_Gull/NS/FAV-0188-10/2025 | 4/25/25 A/Ringed_Seal/NU/FAV-0410-2/2024 | 10/9/24 A/Herring_Gull/NS/FAV-0245-4/2024 | 4/5/24 A/Striped_Skunk/PEI/FAV-0130-1/2024 | 4/9/24 A/northern_fulmar/Greenland/08238-1.01/2023

A/turkey/Washington/04434-001-v/2025 | 11/14/25 PA 2151 2150 A/Washington/2148/2025 | 11/10/25 2148 A/Ringed_Seal/NU/FAV-0410-3/2024 | 10/9/24 A/Northern_Fulmar/NU/FAV-0290-1/2024 | 10/4/24 2147 A/Ringed_Seal/NU/FAV-0410-2/2024 | 10/9/24 2145 A/Herring_Gull/NL/FAV-0430-14/2023

A/turkey/Washington/04434-001-v/2025 | 11/14/25 PB1 2274 2273 A/Washington/2148/2025 | 11/10/25 A/Ringed_Seal/NU/FAV-0410-3/2024 | 10/9/24 A/Turkey/Iceland/2024AI05124/2024 | 12/3/24 A/northern_fulmar/Greenland/08238-1.01/2023 A/Sand_piper/Norway/2023-07-2521/2023 | 9/18/23

A/turkey/Washington/04434-001-v/2025 | 11/14/25 PB2 2280 A/Washington/2148/2025 | 11/10/25 2279 A/Ringed_Seal/NU/FAV-0410-3/2024 | 10/9/24 A/Northern_Fulmar/NU/FAV-0290-1/2024 | 10/3/24 A/Herring_Gull/NL/FAV-0430-14/2023 | 11/2/23 A/northern_fulmar/Greenland/08238-1.01/2023 2278

A/turkey/Washington/04434-001-v/2025 | 11/14/25 N5 1353 1352 A/Washington/2148/2025 | 11/10/25 A/Ringed_Seal/NU/FAV-0410-3/2024 | 10/9/24 A/Northern_Fulmar/NU/FAV-0290-1/2024 | 10/3/24 1351 A/Great_Black-Backed_Gull/NS/FAV-0188-9/2025 | 4/25/24

A/turkey/Washington/04434-001-v/2025 | 11/14/25 H5 1704 1703 A/Washington/2148/2025 | 11/10/25 1697 A/Ringed_Seal/NU/FAV-0410-3/2024 | 11/9/24 A/Ringed_Seal/NU/FAV-0410-2/2024 | 11/9/24 A/Northern_Fulmar/NU/FAV-0290-1/2024 | 10/3/24 A/American_Crow/QC/FAV-0132-1/2024 | 4/11/24

A/turkey/Washington/04434-001-v/2025 | 11/14/25 Likely from Grays Harbor backyard flock linked to H5N5 human case 1 BP difference in H5 from A/Washington/2148/2025 | 11/10/25 These two sets of seqs represent Pacific Flyway version of H5N5 genotype 6

NVSL uploaded 223 sets of H5N1 seqs and 5 sets of H5N5 seqs to GISAID 4 of the H5N5 sets were a novel genotype from the midwest 1 was genotype A6 A/turkey/Washington/04434-001-v/2025 | 11/14/25 and was closely related to the human H5N5 seq A/Washington/2148/2025 | 11/10/25

NVSL uploaded 54 more sets of H5N1 seqs to GISAID wild birds and poultry includes location and collection dates

The cat developed severe disease neurologic signs euthanized Other cats on the same property were also reported ill One full seq from above cat cluster was uploaded today A/cat/New Jersey/007151-003/2025 | 2/26/25 Matched earlier seqs all had PB2 E627K www.nj.gov/health/news/...

A/cat/New Jersey/007151-003/2025 | 2/26/25 D1.1 PB2 E627K 2280 A/cat/USA/006823-001/2025 A/cat/USA/007151-002/2025 A/cat/USA/007151-003/2025 2279 A/cat/USA/007151-004/2025 A/cat/USA/006491-001/2025 2278 A/turkey vulture/USA/009512-006/2025

NVSL uploaded 1249 sets of H5 seqs to GISAID Largely wild birds, but also poultry and dairy Also includes many mammalian seqs (some from as early as March 2025 Includes location and collection dates Not in GISAID BLAST database yet

WAHIS report on Grays Harbor backyard flock in Washington finally released H5 positive N "not determined" by sequencing

H5 confirmed North Perth Ontario Commercial poultry

NVSL uploaded 32 sets of 2025 H5N1 Dairy and poultry seqs to GISAID Largely D1.1 poultry B3.13 dairy Includes location and collection dates Not in BLAST database yet

H5N1 confirmations for Washington backyard farms in Nov/Dec include Whatcom03 Snohomish12 Jefferson03 San Juan01 Island01 conspicuously absent Grays Harbor01 Snohomish13 wahis.woah.org#/in-review/4...

H5N5 EA/AM wild birds confirmed in San Diego Co CA 2 Western Gulls Pacific Flyway Same strain designation as 2 Lesser Saups Oconto WI Mississippi Flyway www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

H5 confirmed Pierre-De Saurel Non-commercial Non-poultry

On December 17, the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) completed whole genome sequencing and confirmed that the virus is H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b genotype D1.1 two spillover events in Nevada and Arizona dairy WI new, separate spillover event www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-...

A/dairy cow/Nebraska/024659-001/2025 | 9/8/25 H5N1 B3.13 PB2 2280 2280 A/dairy cow/Nebraska/024659-002/2025 | 9/8/25 A/dairy cow/Nebraska/024659-004/2025 | 9/8/25 A/dairy cow/Nebraska/024659-006/2025 | 9/8/25 A/dairy cow/Nebraska/024659-007/2025 | 9/8/25

NVSL uploaded 28 sets of H5N1 Dairy seqs to GISAID including Sept seqs from Nebraska (B3.13) closest to California A/dairy cow/Nebraska/024659-001/2025 | 9/8/25 Have collection date and location Not yet in BLAST database

H5 confirmed North Perth Ontario Commercial poultry

H5 confirmed Abbotsford (2) British Columbia Commercial poultry

H5 confirmed North Perth Ontario Commercial poultry

Note that the human H5N5 from a resident in Grays Harbor WA was A6 genotype, matching earlier H5N5 seqs in US, Canada, and Europe All 8 segs of A6 is EA However, the two recent H5N5 Lesser Scaups from Oconto WI are designated EA/AM indicating at least 1 segment is North American

IN BOAH adds four more H5 confirmed farms