WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS
USDA APHIS updated its mammal HPAI detections page on September 25. The table includes recent 2026 detections in mammals and explicitly warns that data may be incomplete and that additional detections will be added.
WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ
The useful signal is surveillance breadth, not a claim of sustained mammal transmission. A dynamic cross-species detection ledger helps identify where wildlife, domestic animals and disease-monitoring systems intersect.
CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY
Detection does not establish onward mammal-to-mammal transmission, population-level impact or a complete incidence picture. The federal table is explicitly incomplete and is updated as reports arrive.
SOURCE
USDA APHIS
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