By Anne Lichtenwalner, University of Maine Associate Professor of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and Director of the UMaine Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Dear Maine poultry owners, We have recently had some of our Maine backyard poultry flocks become exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).*  We are not alone — there are similar situations in eastern read more Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Maine Animal Health Officials Respond to Avian Influenza