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.