US Reports Low-Path Bird Flu in Turkey Flock
MINNESOTA, US - Routine surveillance has revealed a subclinical infection of low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) in a turkey flock.
1 July 2011
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The veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification dated 29 June to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The report describes the finding on 23 June of infected birds in a 5,500-bird turkey flock in Wright County, Minnesota. It adds that it was a commercial turkey operation and that this was a routine pre-market testing of healthy birds with no clinical signs of avian influenza.
The sub-type of the LPAI virus has not yet been revealed.
The last occurrence of LPAI in the country was in May this year.
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