Bird Flu Cases , Continue to Appear , Across Parts of the US.<br />ABC News reports that bird flu has <br />returned to the Midwest earlier than <br />predicted following a lull of several months.<br />On August 31, officials said that the highly-pathogenic disease had been detected in a commercial turkey flock in western Minnesota.<br />Last weekend, a farm in Meeker <br />County reported a sudden <br />increase in mortality. .<br />According to the Minnesota Board of Animal Health, tests confirmed the presence of the disease, and the flock was euthanized to prevent the spread.<br />ABC News reports that it was the first confirmed case of avian influenza in Minnesota since the end of May.<br />Cases have been detected in Indiana, <br />California, Washington, Oregon, <br />Utah and several eastern states.<br />While the timing of this <br />detection is a bit sooner than <br />we anticipated, we have been <br />preparing for a resurgence <br />of the avian influenza we <br />dealt with this spring, Dr. Shauna Voss, Minnesota Board of Animal <br />Health senior veterinarian, via ABC.<br />Highly pathogenic avian <br />influenza (HPAI) is here <br />and biosecurity is the first line<br />of defense to protect your birds, Dr. Shauna Voss, Minnesota Board of Animal <br />Health senior veterinarian, via ABC.<br />According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 414 flocks in 39 states, have been infected since February.<br />As a result, over 40 million birds, <br />mostly commercial turkeys and <br />chickens, have been euthanized.<br />So far in 2022, avian flu has struck 81 Minnesota flocks and required 2.7 million birds to be killed
