On Mar. 20, 2024, the Minnesota Board of Health announced that a Stevens County goat kid (juvenile goat) residing on a farm with a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) positive poultry flock tested positive for the same virus. This was the first U.S. detection of HPAI in a domestic ruminant (cattle, sheep, goats, and their relatives).

All poultry on the property were already quarantined from the February HPAI detection. Following the confirmation of HPAI in the goat, the Board quarantined all other species on the premises. The Board is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to investigate the transmission of the virus.