Headline: Des Moines Register, 10/2/2025
Donnelle Eller reports:
Bird flu has returned with the fall migration, hitting a northwest Iowa turkey flock and forcing the destruction of about 42,000 birds, according to the Iowa Department of Agriculture.
The highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak that hit the commercial Calhoun County turkey operation is the first in the state since April 10, when the virus infected a backyard flock in Hardin County with 410 mixed-species birds, the department said Thursday, Oct. 2. It's the eighth in Iowa this year.
Bird flu becomes more prevalent in the spring and fall with the migration of wild birds that can carry the highly contagious disease without appearing sick. It’s often lethal to domestic birds, including chickens and turkeys.
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