Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to spread along the East Coast.
Data from USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service shows since the H5N1 virus was confirmed in a hunter-harvested wild bird in South Carolina last month, there have been more than 20 additional discoveries in North Carolina, Florida, and Virginia.
Iowa Turkey Federation executive director Gretta Irwin tells Brownfield this strain has been devastating commercial flocks in Europe the past two years.
