A case of avian influenza has been confirmed at a commercial turkey flock.
Articles Tagged: Avian flu
Agriculture Jan. 12, 2023 3:32 pm135d ago
It has been a month since the state confirmed its last case of the bird flu.
By Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Agriculture Dec. 14, 2022 5:06 pm164d ago
The state’s detection rate of the virus at commercial facilities has dramatically increased in December, with six of those seven confirmations in the past week.
By Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Agriculture Dec. 12, 2022 7:44 pm166d ago
The virus has been detected in five Iowa flocks just in the past week. That matches the highest rate of detection so far this year.
By Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Agriculture Dec. 7, 2022 3:11 pm171d ago
The affected flocks were about 100,000 turkeys in Cherokee County and about 40,000 in Sac County.
By Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Agriculture Dec. 5, 2022 4:45 pm173d ago
This year’s bird flu death toll of nearly 53 million fowl recently surpassed the total number of U.S. bird deaths in domestic flocks during the last outbreak of 2014-2015 after the disease surged this fall.
Agriculture Dec. 2, 2022 4:50 pm176d ago
Iowa officials on Friday confirmed another case of bird flu, this time in a commercial turkey flock in Buena Vista County.
State Government Nov. 21, 2022 3:57 pm187d ago
Gov. Reynolds will conduct the annual event via video Tuesday.
News Nov. 11, 2022 6:00 am198d ago
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig recently spoke with The Gazette about the status and impact of bird flu on Iowa’s poultry industry and how it could effect turkey prices heading into Thanksgiving.
Agriculture Nov. 10, 2022 4:03 pm198d ago
The order from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship cancels all live bird exhibitions at fairs and other gatherings and prohibits birds from being sold or transferred at livestock auctions, swap meets or exotic animal sales.
State Government Nov. 7, 2022 5:26 pm201d ago
Also, 2 groups of co-workers from Hiawatha businesses split separate $50,000 lottery winnings
Agriculture Oct. 31, 2022 5:55 pm208d ago
Iowa agriculture officials said Monday that another commercial egg farm in the state has been infected with bird flu, the first commercial farm case identified since April.
News Nov. 29, 2022 1:21 pm179d ago
State and federal agriculture officials on Thursday confirmed a new case of the highly transmissible avian influenza in a backyard flock in Dallas County.
By Jared Strong, - Iowa Capital DIspatch
News Oct. 9, 2022 10:01 am231d ago
Second round of infections is new to this year
State Government Sep. 12, 2022 7:31 am258d ago
The bird flu destroyed 13 million Iowa birds this spring, but was far less devastating than the 2015 round.