Iowa
Bird flu found in two more Iowa turkey flocks – Iowa Capital Dispatch
A extremely pathogenic avian influenza has contaminated two business turkey flocks in northwest Iowa with a complete of 140,000 birds, in accordance with an Iowa Division of Agriculture and Land Stewardship report on Tuesday.
The affected flocks had been about 100,000 turkeys in Cherokee County and about 40,000 in Sac County, IDALS stated.
There have been a complete of seven home hen flocks the place the virus has been detected in Iowa since October. Earlier flocks included:
— Dec. 2: 40,000 business turkeys in Buena Vista County
— Nov. 7: 1 million business egg-laying chickens in Wright County
— Nov. 7: 17 combined yard birds in Louisa County
— Oct. 31: 1.1 million business egg-laying chickens in Wright County
— Oct. 20: 48 combined yard birds in Dallas County
The virus is transmitted by wild, migrating birds, and the goose migration is anticipated to peak this month.
Contaminated flocks are culled to assist stop the unfold of the virus, which not often impacts people.