Avian influenza has been detected in a sixth commercial poultry flock in southern Indiana, state officials said March 1. Laboratory testing of a fourth commercial turkey flock in Dubois County has come back as presumptively positive for the virus, the …
In the two weeks since bird flu reappeared in Indiana, U.S. veterinarians have swabbed the mouths of chickens and turkeys across the country, racing to uncover any more infections and contain the virus before it causes mass death and damage …
A move to quickly quarantine and destroy Indiana turkey flocks infected with avian influenza may help prevent a repeat of last year’s outbreak that cost the industry $3.3 billion, according to officials. “We’ve not found any additional cases since Saturday,” …
