Four More US Avian Flu Outbreaks Confirmed
US - Four more outbreaks of H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been confirmed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
29 May 2015
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By: The new outbreaks bring the total birds affected to 43,292,373, and the total number of detections reported since December 2014 to 191.
The latest outbreaks are:
- Iowa, Adair county - 974,500 commercial chickens;
- Minnesota, Brown county - 46,800 commercial turkeys;
- Minnesota, Renville county - 95,300 commercial turkeys;
- Iowa, Webster county - commercial chickens, number pending.
This brings the number of confirmed detections in Iowa to 63, affecting 28,118,900 birds.
Minnesota has reached 87 detections, affecting 7,912,660.
