Another Case Of Bird Flu In Iowa

Statewide Iowa — The Iowa Department of Agriculture reports another confirmed case of the bird flu.

This case is in Hamilton County in a flock of young turkeys known as poults. There are 16,200 birds in the flock.

This is the second case confirmed in Hamilton County, the first was on March 28th, and this is the 15th case now confirmed statewide.

In addition to the latest outbreak, the following outbreaks have been reported in Iowa since the outbreaks began in early March:

Date County Flock Type
3/1/22 Pottawattamie Backyard Mixed Species
3/6/22 Buena Vista Commercial Turkey
3/10/22 Taylor Commercial Layer Chickens
3/17/22 Buena Vista Commercial Layer Chickens
3/20/22 Warren Backyard Mixed Species
3/23/22 Buena Vista Commercial Turkey
3/25/22 Franklin Commercial Pullet Chickens
3/28/22 Hamilton Commercial Turkey
3/28/22 Guthrie Commercial Layer Chickens
3/29/22 Buena Vista Commercial Turkey
3/31/22 Osceola Commercial Layer Chickens
3/31/22 Cherokee Commercial Turkey
4/2/22 Sac Commercial Turkey
4/2/22 Humboldt Commercial Breeding Chickens

More than 13 million birds have now been destroyed in Iowa to prevent the spread of the virus.

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