Bird Flu Makes First Appearance This Year In Minnesota

CBS Minnesota

April 4, 2023

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Bird flu has returned to Minnesota less than four months after the deadly poultry disease was last detected in the state, the Board of Animal Health said Monday.

The detection was confirmed in a backyard mixed flock in Le Sueur County of south-central Minnesota, the board said. The site was quarantined and the 114 birds on the premises - mostly chickens - were destroyed to prevent the spread of the disease.

Minnesota's last previous detection was in a backyard flock in Redwood County of southwestern Minnesota in December.

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