The U.S. government and poultry industries have sophisticated systems and techniques to detect the introduction of the virus into a commercial poultry flock and have proven methods to quickly eliminate the virus.

A confirmed case of highly pathogenic bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in Stanislaus County, California.

China is banning all imports of U.S. poultry, poultry products and eggs as a result of strains of avian influenza found in the Pacific Northwest.

The flock of approximately 100 birds has access to the outdoors.

The most recent farm was quarantined after a farmer reported a higher number of turkey deaths than usual on Friday.