The presence of extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in 5 business poultry flocks in Minnesota.
In keeping with data from the USA Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS), three of the affected premises are in Stearns County, whereas Meeker and Morrison counties every had one flock an infection.
The Meeker County case concerned a flock of 1,368,800 business desk egg layers, whereas the Morrison County flock concerned 51,900 business meat turkeys.
Two of the Stearns County flocks had been business meat turkeys. A type of flocks included 22,000 turkeys, whereas APHIS has not but launched the variety of birds within the different flock. The third Stearns County case was a flock of seven,500 business turkey breeder hens.
All 5 instances had been confirmed by APHIS on Might 21.
Prior to those flock infections, the final time HPAI was confirmed in a business poultry operation was Might 2, when a business breeder operation in Dodge County was affected. On this occasion, 8,500 birds had been misplaced.
The one different U.S. business poultry operation to be struck by HPAI in Might was a business meat turkey flock in Gratiot County, with 26,400 birds concerned. That case was additionally confirmed on Might 2.
To study extra about HPAI instances in business poultry flocks in the USA, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
View our persevering with protection of the international avian influenza scenario.
