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Prairie chicken sightings needed: Iowa DNR asks for help
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (108+ words) Prairie chicken sightings needed: Iowa DNR asks for help'KIMT DES MOINES, Iowa " The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking the public's assistance in locating prairie chickens this spring. These birds have typically been found in three spots in…...
Poultry Farmers stay prepared amidst spike in bird flu cases
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (248+ words) ROCHESTER, Minn.- According to the US Department of Agriculture around 600,000 birds have been reported with highly pathogenic avian influenza across Minnesota this October. USDA reports have had no cases in southeast Minnesota, but Dr. Carol Cardona, the'Pomeroy Endowed Chair in…...
USDA updates Minnesota's status to "Unaffected" by bird flu
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (54+ words) After four months of testing for avian influenza there have been no detections of any virus in Minnesota's raw milk samples, according to the USDA. After four months of testing for avian influenza there have been no detections of any…...
Minnesota dairy farms achieve milestone in bird flu testing
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (208+ words) ST. PAUL, Minn. " The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has updated Minnesota's status to Unaffected in its National Milk Testing Strategy after four months of testing raw milk samples for the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus without any detections. As a result,…...
Iowa warns cattle producers of tick-borne Theileriosis outbreak
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (173+ words) The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has confirmed the first case of Theileriosis in a cattle herd in southeast Iowa. This disease is caused by the Theileria orientalis Ikeda ... Image courtesy of the Iowa Department of Agriculture. More…...
Mower County Public Health looking to reduce spread of avian flu
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (393+ words) AUSTIN, Minn.-Mower County Public Health is asking the community to help report sightings of large groups of dead birds in an effort to stop the spread of avian influenza. To report a sighting of a ... AUSTIN, Minn.-Mower County…...