New outbreaks of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza have been reported in the U.S., this time in Illinois.
This week, 8,000 game birds were infected at a commercial facility. Health officials say the virus had not been seen in the state since the spring.
Further West, nearly 200,000 birds were lost after an outbreak at a commercial turkey facility in South Dakota. Operations in that state were hit hard in November with nearly half a million birds lost due to the virus.
So far this year, 52.7 million birds have been lost due to HPAI.
South Dakota State Veterinarian, Beth Thompson spoke with RFD-TV’s own Janet Adkison about the type of loss the region has seen, if she was surprised that this outbreak is worse than 2015, and what she is hearing from producers.
