Two more commercial turkey flocks in Minnesota have been affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that on June 18, the presence of HPAI was confirmed in a flock of 73,800 commercial meat turkeys in Pipestone County and a flock of 114,600 commercial meat turkeys in Swift County.
These are the 12th and 13th commercial poultry flocks to be struck by the virus in 2024 alone. During the 2022-24 outbreak, a total of 128 flocks have been affected, making Minnesota the state with the most flock infections over the past three years.
It is also the state with the most premises to be affected by HPAI in recent weeks. The past four flock infections have been in Minnesota.
This is the first HPAI case in Swift County of 2024, but the county had one flock affected there in 2023 and five flock infections in 2023. This is the first flock in Pipestone County to be struck by HPAI during the past three years.
Since April, the following states have had commercial flocks affected by HPAI: Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Texas and New Mexico. However, according to APHIS, only Minnesota and Iowa still have active control areas in place.
To learn more about HPAI cases in commercial poultry flocks in the United States, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
View our continuing coverage of the global avian influenza situation.
