Extremely pathogenic avian influenza has struck a industrial meat turkey flock in Sac County, Iowa.
A document from the US Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Carrier (APHIS) mentioned that the presence of the virus was once showed within the flock on June 21. The flock concerned 46,100 turkeys.
That is the 3rd Iowa farm to have a favorable detection of HPAI in 2024, and all 3 of the ones instances were showed inside the previous month.
On Would possibly 28, a industrial egg laying operation in Sioux County was once affected, and on June 3, a industrial meat turkey flock in Cherokee County was once affected. The ones two circumstances 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.
Previous in June, whilst talking at Global Red meat Expo, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig addressed how the state have been dealing with the H5N1 variant of HPAI in now not simplest laying hens and turkeys, but additionally in dairy livestock.
The one different state to have showed instances of HPAI in industrial poultry all through the previous month is Minnesota, which has had 4 flocks affected in June by myself.
To be told extra about HPAI instances in industrial poultry flocks in the US, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
View our proceeding protection of the world avian influenza scenario.