Extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in two extra industrial turkey flocks in South Dakota on October 17.
One of many flocks was in Faulk County and concerned 49,700 birds, whereas the opposite was in McPherson County and concerned 65,000 turkeys, based on the US Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS).
These are the state’s third and fourth industrial turkey flocks to be affected by HPAI in 2023, with the earlier two occurring in Jerauld County on October 4 and Beadle County on April 19. No circumstances of HPAI occurred between the Beadle County and Jerauld County infections, however HPAI was confirmed in one other industrial turkey flock in North Dakota on the identical day the Beadle County case was confirmed.
A South Dakota industrial upland gamebird flock was additionally hit by HPAI on March 22, in Spink County.
In whole, South Dakota has misplaced about 237,800 industrial turkeys and 570 industrial gamebirds in 2023.
On the conclusion of 2022, South Dakota had 61 industrial poultry flocks affected by HPAI, rating second to Minnesota, which had 81 industrial flocks affected. These incidences of HPAI led to the lack of about 3.97 million birds within the state in 2022.
Previous to October 17, the final industrial flock an infection in Faulk County was confirmed on November 23, 2022, whereas the final industrial flock an infection in McPherson County was confirmed on September 24, 2022.
To date in 2023, the next states have had confirmed circumstances of HPAI in industrial poultry: Minnesota, Utah, South Dakota, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, California, Iowa, Virginia and Tennessee. Nevertheless, solely South Dakota, Minnesota and Utah have had HPAI infections in industrial flocks since April.
Whereas the three most up-to-date HPAI circumstances in South Dakota have appeared in numerous counties, the latest circumstances in Utah and Minnesota have occurred in the identical county. The presence of HPAI was confirmed in two flocks in Sanpete County, Utah, on October 6, and the presence of the virus was confirmed in two flocks in Meeker County, with one among these occurring on October 11 and the opposite on October 13.
View our persevering with protection of the international avian influenza scenario.
To study extra about HPAI circumstances in industrial poultry flocks in the US, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
