A new detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in Iowa. According to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, the disease was found in a commercial turkey flock in Calhoun County. The department tells Brownfield that approximately 42,000 turkeys were impacted, and the flock will be depopulated. The detection is the […]
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