Minnesota’s 18th commercial poultry flock to be affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in 2024 involved 4,300 commercial turkey breeder toms, reported the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
The affected flock is in Kandiyohi County and the presence of HPAI was confirmed on July 9.
On that same day, two other commercial poultry flocks were affected by HPAI. APHIS earlier reported that a commercial turkey breeder hen flock in Kandiyohi County and another commercial turkey breeder hen flock in Renville County had tested positive, respectively involving 21,900 and 15,400 hens.
In addition to Kandiyohi and Renville, the following counties have had confirmed cases of HPAI in 2024: Otter Tail, Swift, Pipestone, Stearns, Lyon, Meeker, Morrison and Dodge.
No state has had more flocks struck by HPAI during the 2022-24 outbreak. In 2022, virus appeared in 81 flocks, and in 2023, it appeared in 34 flocks.
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To learn more about HPAI cases in commercial poultry flocks in the United States, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
