Posted on 04/10/2015 8:32:55 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A deadly bird flu strain was confirmed Friday at one North Dakota turkey farm and at four more in Minnesota, raising the number of farms affected across the Midwest to 20 and the toll to almost 1.1 million birds since the outbreak was first confirmed in early March.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the new cases in Minnesota of the highly contagious H5N2 strain are in Cottonwood, Lyon, Watonwan and Stearns counties. The four new farms housed a combined 189,000 turkeys.
In North Dakota, State Veterinarian Susan Keller said the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Iowa confirmed the H5N2 strain of avian influenza in a flock of 40,000 turkeys in Dickey County. It’s that state’s first confirmed case of the flu strain.
Officials in both states said those turkeys not killed by the virus will be euthanized to prevent the disease from spreading. …
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Probably no so much from migratory ducks but snow geese.
They should try putting silver colloidal in the water. It can do amazing things.
So now the libs can wreck Thanksgiving too. Are turkeys from SA flooding across the border with all THIER diseases too?
WHO wringing thier hands in antisipation
How many illegal youts from south of the border were sent to those 4 communities by the Obola Admin? Those chirren were carrying all manner of diseases; human and otherwise.
Maybe these birds aren’t getting enough lead.
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