14.04.2015

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 commercial turkey flock in Buena Vista County, Iowa.  The flock of 27,000 turkeys is located within the Mississippi flyway where this strain of avian influenza has previously been identified. The farm a turkey farm under contract with Tyson Foods, Inc.