16.04.2015

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, in cooperation with the US Department of Agriculture is responding to the detection of avian influenza in an additional two poultry flocks in Wisconsin. There are now three confirmed cases in Wisconsin.
These flocks are within the Mississippi flyway where this strain of avian influenza has previously been identified. 
The affected flocks are in:
- Juneau County—40 mixed breed birds in a backyard flock
- Barron County—126,000 turkeys in a commercial turkey flock
The properties were immediately quarantined and neighboring properties with poultry will be notified about the situation.
The H5 avian influenza virus was first detected in Wisconsin at a commercial chicken flock in Jefferson County on Monday, April 13, which will result in the depopulation of more than 180,000 egg-laying chickens.