With no new cases of bird flu in Iowa since May 2, the state on Friday lifted a ban on live bird exhibitions. That means chickens, ducks, pigeons and a pheasant may return to the Linn County Fair June 22-26.
Articles Tagged: Iowa bird flu
Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Agriculture Apr. 22, 2022 10:06 am
A case was detected in a commercial turkey flock in Bremer County, the 17th such detection in Iowa this year.
Associated Press
Agriculture Apr. 24, 2022 4:25 pm
The USDA recommends chickens be moved indoors to protect against the disease. While some are keeping their hens inside, not everyone agrees.
Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Environmental News Apr. 8, 2022 6:00 am
Wild ducks that are prominent carriers of the highly contagious avian influenza are migrating through Iowa in their greatest numbers this month.
Agriculture Apr. 7, 2022 9:37 pm
The spread of a bird flu that is deadly to poultry raises the grisly question of how farms manage to quickly kill and dispose of millions of chickens and turkeys.
Gazette staff
Agriculture Apr. 21, 2022 4:04 pm
Bird flu has now been confirmed in 12 of Iowa’s 99 counties.
Zoos across North America -- including the one in Des Moines -- are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly bird flu.
Gazette staff
Agriculture Apr. 5, 2022 5:44 pm
This marks the 15th case confirmed this year in Iowa, all of them striking after March 1.
Environmental News Apr. 5, 2022 5:48 pm
For more than a week, the pelicans have been swimming in and flying around the Iowa River as far south as Terry Trueblood Recreation Area all the way north to the Coralville Lake.
Gazette staff
Agriculture Apr. 5, 2022 5:48 pm
Two more cases of the bird flu were confirmed Sunday in commercial flocks in Western Iowa, bringing to 14 the number of outbreaks so far this year in Iowa.
Agriculture Apr. 5, 2022 5:47 pm
Free-range chickens may have greater exposure to bird flu than their caged compatriots because the free birds have access to outdoor areas that could be visited by wild birds thought to carry the disease.
State Government Apr. 5, 2022 5:47 pm
This year’s first case was announced March 2, while in 2015 it did not appear in Iowa until April 20. With the disease being spread by wild birds, it could continue throughout the migratory season.
Gazette staff
Agriculture Apr. 5, 2022 5:47 pm
The latest case makes 10 outbreaks recorded this year — and all this month — to strike in Iowa.
Agriculture Apr. 5, 2022 5:47 pm
The outbreaks in Hamilton and Guthrie Counties impact over 1.5 million birds, bringing the total birds killed in Iowa to 8 million from nine total outbreaks.
Agriculture Apr. 5, 2022 5:47 pm
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa agriculture officials said they have confirmed another case of bird flu in a flock of commercial pullet chickens.