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Bird flu detected in Big Stone County turkey flock
17+ hour, 3+ min ago (118+ words) Willmar Radio (Ortonville MN-) Bird flu has made it's first appearance in Minnesota this spring. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza was diagnosed in a flock of 62, 888 commercial turkey meat birds last week. The flock was placed on quarantine Thursday, April 16th. It…...
Three area turkey operations hit by bird flu this week
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (197+ words) (Willmar MN-) Three more area turkey operations have been hit by bird flu. The Minnesota Board of Animal Health says on Tuesday they diagnosed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a flock of 30, 430 commercial turkey breeder hens in Kandiyohi County, a…...
Bird flu hits Ottertail County turkey farm
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (136+ words) (Willmar MN-) Bird flu has been detected in a Commercial Turkey Meat Bird operation in Ottertail County. The Minnesota Board of Animal Health says highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in a flock of 29, 736 on Thursday of last week. The…...
Bird flu hits turkey operations in Blue Earth and Le Sueur Counties
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (175+ words) (Le Center MN-) Bird flu has hit 2 more commercial turkey operations. The Minnesota Board of Animal Health says last Friday they diagnosed highly pathogenic avian influenza in a flock of nearly 33, 000 birds in Le Sueur County and the day before…...
Bird flu confirmed in farms in Redwood, Stearns and Blue Earth Counties
7+ mon, 5+ hour ago (342+ words) (Blomkest MN-) Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or bird flu, has been confirmed in three more Minnesota commercial turkey flocks. It reappeared for the first time since April in a Redwood County flock last week, and the Minnesota Board of Animal…...
Bird flu hits turkey operations in Blue Earth and Leseuer Counties
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (172+ words) (Le Center MN-) Bird flu has hit 2 more commercial turkey operations. The Minnesota Board of Animal Health says last Friday they diagnosed highly pathogenic avian influenza in a flock of nearly 33, 000 birds in Lesueur County and the day before that…...
First case of bird flu since spring shows up in Redwood County
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (351+ words) (Redwood Falls MN-) The Minnesota Board of Animal Health says on Tuesday, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in a Redwood County commercial turkey flock. This is the first detection of HPAI in poultry since April 23, and animal health…...
Minnesota dairy herds not affected by bird flu
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (171+ words) (St. Paul, MN) -- The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is declaring Minnesota's dairy herds unaffected by the H5 N1 avian flu virus after four months of clean test results. Disease surveillance began in February to prevent the spread to untouched dairy herds and…...