Officials in the US state of South Dakota announced that 85,000 birds were culled at two government facilities amid the state’s first avian flu outbreak since 2015.
The outbreak occurred at two farms in Charles Minks County, located in the southeastern part of the state, according to South Dakota Public Radio.
Other birds that had close contact with flu-infected birds were culled, officials said.
Veterinary Assistant Dr. “Two more sites are being investigated and will be detected if tests come back positive,” Mendel Miller wrote in a report. Said.
The Department of Hunting, Fisheries and Parks (GFP) announced on Saturday that current infections include “highly pathogenic avian flu.”
South Dakota reported that bird flu outbreaks on 10 farms in 2015 affected 50 million birds in 15 states.
Source: THE HILL
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