Extremely pathogenic avian influenza has struck a industrial meat turkey flock in Sac County, Iowa.
A report from america Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS) said that the presence of the virus was confirmed within the flock on June 21. The flock concerned 46,100 turkeys.
That is the third Iowa farm to have a optimistic detection of HPAI in 2024, and all three of these instances have been confirmed inside the previous month.
On Could 28, a industrial egg laying operation in Sioux County was affected, and on June 3, a industrial meat turkey flock in Cherokee County was affected. These two situations concerned 4,287,500 and 100,000 birds, respectively.
That is the primary time HPAI has hit a industrial poultry operation in Sac County since December 12, 2022.
Earlier in June, whereas talking at World Pork Expo, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig addressed how the state had been dealing with the H5N1 variant of HPAI in not solely laying hens and turkeys, but additionally in dairy cattle.
The one different state to have confirmed instances of HPAI in industrial poultry throughout the previous month is Minnesota, which has had 4 flocks affected in June alone.
To be taught extra about HPAI instances in industrial poultry flocks in america, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
View our persevering with protection of the international avian influenza scenario.
