Avian flu strikes Minnesota, Utah turkey flocks

Two commercial turkey flocks in Brown and Stearns Counties, Minnesota, and one new commercial turkey flock in Sanpete County, Utah, tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

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Two commercial turkey flocks in Brown and Stearns Counties, Minnesota, and one new commercial turkey flock in Sanpete County, Utah, tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

Minnesota

The presence of HPAI was confirmed in a flock of 44,000 commercial meat turkeys in Brown County, Minnesota, on September 8, according to information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

APHIS also confirmed the presence of HPAI in a flock of 72,700 commercial meat turkeys in Stearns County that same day.

Earlier this week, new HPAI cases were detected in Minnesota, APHIS reported. One was in a flock of 34,200 commercial meat turkeys in Meeker County and the other impacted 17,1000 turkey breeder hens in Becker County.

To date, Minnesota has had 64 HPAI cases in commercial poultry flocks and 23 cases in backyard flocks, with nearly 3.2 million birds affected.

Utah

In Utah, APHIS reported the presence of HPAI in 5,700 commercial meat turkeys in Sanpete County, the first new case for the state since July 26.

Utah reported three positive cases in July, all of which were in Sanpete County. Between the three flocks, avian influenza affected 38,800 commercial turkeys that month.

So far in 2022, HPAI has been confirmed in commercial poultry in the states of Ohio, Utah, California, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. The virus has also been found in commercial game bird operations in Texas, New York and South Dakota.

To learn more about HPAI cases in North American commercial poultry flocks, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.

Read our ongoing coverage of the global avian influenza outbreak.

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