The farms are eligible to restock chickens and turkeys.Īll sites have completed the cleaning and disinfection process and have undergone environmental tests. 6 that all of the 72 commercial poultry farms in Iowa that had a confirmed case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza or HPAI-the official name of the disease-have now had quarantines on their facilities lifted. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and USDA announced Nov. Iowa lifts quarantine on poultry farms hit by bird flu Minnesota, the leading turkey producing state, lost nearly 9 million birds. Iowa lost the most, nearly 32 million, mostly egg-laying chickens. Turkey farms should be restocked by mid-December but egg farms will continue introducing new hens next year and into 2017.īird flu first surfaced on the West Coast in December 2014 and spread to flocks in 15 states over six months, resulting in the death of 48 million chickens and turkeys. Of the 219 farms nationwide that were affected by bird flu so far this year, all but five of the commercial operations have completed the cleaning and disinfecting of barns and are being allowed to restock their flocks. for lost turkeys and egg laying hens and nearly $500 million to farmers and contractors who helped euthanize poultry and disinfect those farms, Petersburg said. government has paid out $200 million to farmers in the U.S. so far this fall and plans are to test 38,000 in total. They said samples have been tested from more than 19,000 wild birds across the U.S. Kevin Petersburg held a press conference Nov. Scientists testing migrating wild birds for avian flu virus
State and federal agencies still need about a month of monitoring to assure there are no recurrences, says Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey. this fall has been delayed by the warmer than usual weather. However, the migration of wild birds from north to south in the U.S. In Iowa, where "bird flu" hit hardest this year and resulted in the death of an estimated 32 million egg-laying hens and turkeys, no new cases have been reported since June 17-when the last Iowa farm was confirmed with chickens dying from the H5N2 virus. Authorities are keeping a close eye on birds for new signs of the disease BACK IN BUSINESS: Iowa ag officials have allowed commercial poultry farms affected by the bird flu outbreak earlier this year to bring hens and turkeys back to their operations. Migrating waterfowl are the main carrier of avian flu, which can spread to commercial poultry farms. They also said scientists are continuing to keep a close eye on migrating waterfowl this fall, testing thousands of the wild birds to see if the virus is present. Most commercial chicken and turkey farms that were infected by avian influenza earlier this year in 15 states have now been cleared to restock their flocks, USDA officials said on Friday.
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