12.04.2015

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza (HPAI) in a third commercial flock of 38,000 turkeys in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.  This is the fourteenth confirmation in a commercial flock in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Turkey Growers Association estimates the state's turkey producers have lost $15.7 million worth of birds to avian influenza outbreaks in recent weeks.