Avian influenza continues to hit South Dakota hard

Highly pathogenic avian influenza is having a big impact on South Dakota poultry operations.

Dr. Mendel Miller with the South Dakota Animal Industry Board says, “We’re actually at 22 cases now, and we’ve had new cases almost every day.”

Miller tells Brownfield as of April 1st, the 22 cases of avian influenza in the state include 21 commercial flocks and most of them are turkeys.  He says the producers are frustrated.

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