After a quiet summer, H5N1 avian flu has returned to commercial poultry farms in the United States. Four new outbreaks were reported in the past week: two turkey farms in Stearns County, Minnesota, with 77,200 and 31,200 birds; a commercial duck breeding operation in Jay County, Indiana, with 24,300 birds; and a backyard flock of 140 birds in Boone County, Iowa.
Over the past 30 days, the virus has been confirmed in 14 commercial and seven backyard flocks, affecting about 620,000 birds. Minnesota is the hardest-hit state, with eight commercial and three backyard flocks and 338,650 birds affected, while commercial farms in North and South Dakota account for another 176,900. That compares with a seasonal low of about 150,000 birds in August. Detections in wild birds are also rising, with roughly 40 new cases since the previous week, including birds taken by hunters in Kansas and Iowa.
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