03.05.2015

Another detection of H5 avian influenza has been made in a commercial turkey flock in Barron County, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced today. About 16,000 breeding turkeys and nearly 42,000 hatching eggs are affected. This is now the eighth case in Wisconsin and the fourth in Barron County. 

The H5 avian influenza virus was first detected in Wisconsin at a commercial chicken flock in Jefferson County on Monday, April 13. Since then seven additional flocks were detected in Barron, Juneau, Chippewa, and Jefferson counties bringing the total of birds affected to more than 1.5 million in Wisconsin.