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Bird flu found in Georgia commercial poultry plant, a first for nation's leading producer

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Bird flu has been found in every state in the U.S. The most recent state to have its poultry operations hit with bird flu.

The state is the nation's largest producer of poultry.

Officials have issued a quarantine of all commercial poultry operations within a 6.2 mile radius and surveillance testing will be conducted for two weeks .

The Maryland Department of Agriculture reports a "presumptive positive case" of bird flu at a broiler farm in Dorchester County .

This comes days after Maryland officials also reported bird flu cases in Caroline County and Queen Anne's County .

Bird flu might have killed more than 60 geese , swans and ducks in a Massachusetts pond.