1.2 Million Chickens Will Be Culled at Iowa Farm Where Bird Flu Was Found

Published on November 14, 2023

About 1.2 million chickens in Taylor County, Iowa will be slaughtered to prevent the spread of bird flu after the virus was detected at a commercial egg-laying facility, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship reported on Nov. 10. Highly pathogenic avian influenza also infected a backyard flock in Iowa’s Jones County, with 23 mixed-species birds, the state agency said. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) issued a disaster proclamation for Taylor County, enabling state and federal agencies to help track, monitor, and contain the disease. The most recent detections were at a Kossuth County game bird hatchery with about 13,000 pheasants, quail, and chukars and a mixed-species backyard flock in Cerro Gordo County with about 75 birds, the state agency confirmed on Nov. 11....

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