Minnesota ending ban on poultry exhibitions as avian flu cases subside

ST. PAUL — With nearly a month since its final recorded case of avian influenza, Minnesota is ending its ban on poultry occasions and exhibitions starting Friday, July 1.

The Minnesota Board of Animal Well being introduced the lifting of the ban on Wednesday, June 22.

Extremely pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, has hit 80 websites in Minnesota, affecting nearly 3 million birds. The final reported case within the state was on Might 31 in a yard flock in Becker County in northwest Minnesota.

Iowa, the state with essentially the most circumstances within the 2022 outbreak with greater than 13 million birds affected, introduced earlier this month that it was ending its ban on poultry exhibitions.

North Dakota reported its final case on June 6 and South Dakota on Might 20.

North Dakota prolonged its exhibit ban on June 3, to be revisited in September.

Nationally, the fowl flu has hit 372 flocks over 36 states, in accordance with the U.S. Division of Agriculture, with greater than 40 million birds affected.

5The announcement in Minnesota comes as truthful season is about to ramp up.

Board of Animal Well being Interim State Veterinarian Dr. Linda Glaser stated individuals exhibiting poultry and different livestock nonetheless to be aware of biosecurity.

The state recommends preserving animals which are dropped at a good or exhibit remoted for 21 after being introduced residence after the occasion.

“That is not simply this 12 months, that’s one thing we suggest on a regular basis,” Glaser stated in an interview.

For these with livestock however who may be attending a good, Glaser reminds them to alter out of the sneakers they wore on the truthful earlier than attending to their very own livestock.

“We do not need to observe something again,” she stated.

Glaser stated that whereas the 2022 outbreak has affected extra wild birds and hit extra states nationally, Minnesota has achieved a greater job of limiting farm-to-farm transmission.

The 2015 outbreak hit 110 Minnesota farm, affecting greater than 9 million birds.

The displays bans have been enacted as animal well being officers responded to circumstances of avian flu this spring. It was prolonged twice as a result of circumstances continued to pop up.

However with the hotter climate and fowl migrations slowing, the chance of HPAI spreading has dropped sufficient to soundly open up poultry occasions once more, the Minnesota Board of Animal Well being stated in its information launch.

Each Iowa and Minnesota require a allow to exhibit or promote poultry: