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Year’s first bird flu outbreak is reported in north Iowa flock
Migrating snow geese on Storm Lake. Wild birds can spread avian influenza to domestic flocks.
Thousands and thousands of snow geese off Storm Lake’s Scout Park. Wild geese are believed to be the main carriers of avian influenza.
The year’s first bird flu outbreak has hit a mixed flock in Kossuth County with 7,000 pheasants and 120 chickens, the Iowa Department of Agriculture reports.
The news comes as poultry producers are about to enter the fifth year of struggling with highly pathogenic avian influenza. The deadly disease has wiped out nearly 186.2 million chicken, turkeys and other domestic birds since it emerged Feb. 8, 2022, in an Indiana flock, U.S. Department of Agriculture data shows.
The toll has included 30.7 million birds in Iowa, the nation’s largest producer of eggs and seventh-largest turkey producer. Birds in flocks where the infection is detected are destroyed to contain the highly contagious disease.
Bird flu also has sickened dairy cows, other domestic and wild mammals and people who work closely with animals. While two people in the U.S. have died ― one in Louisiana and the other in Washington state ― the risk to humans is considered low, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The virus has been detected in milk from infected cows, and consumers are encouraged to avoid raw, unpasteurized milk.
Donnelle Eller covers agriculture, the environment and energy for the Register. Reach her at deller@registermedia.com.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – A house fire displaced one Iowa City resident Thursday afternoon.
The Iowa City Fire Department responded to the 1600 block of Crosby Lane at 4:06 p.m. after a caller reported flames and smoke coming from the front door of the house.
Upon arrival, crews found smoke coming from the roof and doors. Firefighters entered the home and extinguished a fire in the basement, containing it within 10 minutes of arrival.
One resident was displaced. No injuries were reported. Damage is estimated at $50,000.
The cause of the fire has not been determined.
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SHELBY COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) – A 19-year-old man has died after his motorcycle crashed with a farm sprayer vehicle.
According to the Iowa State Patrol, the crash happened around 7:25 p.m. Wednesday on County Road M16 in Shelby.
Both vehicles were traveling north, with the motorcycle behind the sprayer. The sprayer began to turn left into a driveway, when the motorcycle rear-ended the farm vehicle.
The motorcycle landed in the west ditch of the road.
The driver, Jacob Buman, from Harlan, died at the scene.
The sprayer driver was uninjured.
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