Maryland has recorded its first case of bird flu in more than a year, after the virus was confirmed at a Caroline County farm through “routine sampling of a broiler operation," the Maryland Department of Agriculture said Friday.

Atticks said sick birds had been quarantined and that Marylanders should not change their diets because of the single bird flu case found in a person.

Detection of H5N1 at the commercial facility comes as officials on Thursday also confirmed bird flu in wild snow geese on the Eastern Shore in Dorchester and Worcester counties.

Avian influenza has been detected in Caroline County. Maryland Department of Agriculture officials report that State laboratory testing detected a case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza following routine sampling of a broiler operation and investigation by the State Department of Ag.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture has announced the detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, in a Caroline County commercial broiler flock.

Maryland agriculture officials have confirmed a case of bird flu at a commercial poultry operation in Caroline County. This is the first case linked to a poultry operation in Maryland and follows two cases reported in Delaware.