UPDATE (March 10, 2022):
The numbers around Indiana’s bird flu outbreak continue to grow.
The state’s Board of Animal Health says 171,000 turkeys at six southern Indiana farms have been destroyed so far in an attempt to contain the outbreak.
The state isn’t saying if the bird flu has been found outside of Green and Dubois counties, that’s where the first farms to report cases are located. Investigators think wild birds and flooded fields may have helped spread the flu.
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UPDATE (March 2, 2022):
There’s another confirmed case of the bird flu at another southern Indiana farm. State regulators yesterday said more than 16 thousand turkeys will have to be destroyed because of the case.
The farm is the fourth in Dubois County to see a case of the bird flu. Two farms in neighboring Green County have also tested positive for the flu.
In all, the state says more than 150,000 turkeys in the state have been destroyed in an effort to contain the flu.
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UPDATE (February 24, 2022):
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Farmers have had to put down over 150 thousand turkeys in their effort to contain the bird flu outbreak in southern Indiana.
There are five farms, three in Dubois County and two in Greene County, that have seen bird flu cases.
Both state and federal regulators are trying to keep the flu from spreading. There are no cases in humans as of yet.
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UPDATE (February 21, 2022):
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – The bird flu is spreading in southern Indiana.
The Indiana State Board of Animal Health on Saturday confirmed the flu was found at a fourth commercial turkey farm, this time in Greene County.
Last week saw a case at a second Greene County farm. The other two cases were confirmed at turkey farms in Dubois County.
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ORIGINAL STORY:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – The bird flu outbreak in southern Indiana continues to grow.
Indiana’s State Board of Animal Health confirmed turkeys at a third farm tested positive yesterday.
The farm is primarily located in Dubois County, where the other cases have been confirmed, but it also covers part of Spenser County.
The state says there are 18 turkey farms in what they are calling the flu “control area.”
So far, farmers have had to put down thousands of turkeys as a precaution.
The state plans to do more testing at other farms to see if the flu is spreading there.
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