23.04.2015

The number of Minnesota farms hit by avian influenza outbreaks has taken a big jump — 13 new farms with over 430,000 turkeys. the farms with newly confirmed H5N2 infections are all in counties (Otter Trail, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Stearns) where other farms had been affected earlier. They include the 15th detection in Kandiyohi County and the 9th detection in Stearns County, the two top turkey-producing counties in Minnesota, which is the country’s top turkey producing state.