bird flu

It had been about 4 months since the last detection in SW Minnesota.

Most have invovled commercial turkey flocks.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A University of Minnesota study says farmers who actively tilled fields near turkey barns in the early days of last year's bird flu outbreak may have unwittingly helped spread the virus.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota has retained its ranking as the nation's top turkey producing state despite this year's bird flu outbreak.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new federal bird flu control policy says ventilation systems must be shut off as a means of suffocating entire poultry barns if other methods of euthanasia cannot be completed within 24 hours.

St Paul, MN (KROC AM News) - Good news on the bird flu front.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Scientists have developed a vaccine strain that is 100 percent effective in protecting chickens from bird flu and testing is underway to see if it protects turkeys.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he's not ready to declare the Midwest bird flu outbreak over.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The scientists searching for the source of the deadly bird flu virus that ravaged Minnesota’s turkey industry this spring are reporting a 2nd confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a wild bird found in Minnesota.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Minnesota Board of Animal Health is reporting that seven of the commercial poultry farms that were hit by bird flu outbreaks this spring have now been restocked with turkeys.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Restaurants are struggling to deal with higher egg prices and an inability to get enough eggs in the midst of a shortage brought about by a bird flu virus that has wiped out millions of chickens on commercial farms.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota has recorded 13 straight days with no new cases of bird flu as the focus on recovery continues.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The source of the highly virulent bird flu that hit poultry farmers in Minnesota and other Midwestern states this spring remains a mystery.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A bird flu outbreak in the Midwest has actually resulted in cheaper chicken meat in the U.S. because exports have been restricted, leaving a plentiful domestic supply.