Arizona currently has no confirmed human cases of bird flu, although two Pinal County workers were exposed through infected poultry in December.

State officials said the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory detected the bird flu in a backyard flock in Jackson County, the first reported case in the county since 2022. It was also detected in two commercial poultry facilities in Ottawa County,

The CDC says the public health risk is low and no infected birds or bird products will enter the commercial food chain.