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Oregon health, agriculture officials brief lawmakers on avian influenza risks after animal spillovers
Summary
State veterinarian and state epidemiologist told a House committee that H5N1 remains principally an animal disease in Oregon but has produced rare human infections, occasional spillovers to pets and livestock, and ongoing surveillance is expanding across animals, wastewater and people.
Chair Tran opened an informational briefing of the House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans on Jan. 30, 2025, with Ryan Scholz, state veterinarian at the Oregon Department of Agriculture, and Dean Sadlinger, health officer and state epidemiologist at the Oregon Health Authority, presenting the state response to H5N1 avian influenza.
Scholz said the virus has primarily affected animals in Oregon and nationally, and that Oregon’s response pairs veterinary and public-health efforts. He told the committee that, since 2022, the virus became established in waterfowl and has in recent years produced spillovers to other species; Oregon has recorded 48 total poultry outbreaks in the past 2½ years — three commercial operations and 45…
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