A case of bird flu has been confirmed in a backyard flock of 48 birds in Dallas County. It’s the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Iowa since May and the 20th this year.

Bird flu is back in Iowa after being detected in a backyard flock in Dallas County; State officials say they believe the disease was spread by the fall migration of wild birds ...

Iowa’s first case of bird flu this year was confirmed March 1, a month earlier than it surfaced in 2015. More than 13.3 million birds across 15 commercial and two backyard flocks have died or ...

Iowa and U.S. backyard and commercial flocks face the threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza primarily each spring with the migration of millions of wild birds, in particular waterfowl, that ...

“Iowa has monitored the spread of avian influenza closely since it was first detected in poultry in the state in 2022," Iowa State Medical Director Dr. Robert Kruse said in the release.

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The new confirmations bring 2024 cases of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza to six in Iowa, which in 2019 accounted for 15% of the U.S.'s egg production.

Bird flu is back. For the second time in three days after a nearly 5 1/2-month lapse, the Iowa Department of Agriculture on Sunday reported an outbreak in a commercial poultry flock. In the lead ...

Iowa has had four confirmed cases of avian influenza since Dec. 6, the most recent in a commercial turkey flock. The state leads the nation in eggs and also is among the leaders in turkey production.

After more than five months without a new outbreak, the Iowa Department of Agriculture has reported three outbreaks of bird flu in commercial poultry flocks in the last few days. The new outbreaks ...

Iowa, the country's largest egg-producing state, declared a major outbreak of the Avian Flu. And to try and contain the disease, millions of chickens and turkeys there and in Wisconsin and ...

Bird flu is again spreading in Iowa and across the country — this time, it's not just birds at risk. KCCI learned on Wednesday that the disease was found in an O'Brien County herd of 4,500 ...