Outbreaks in Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, South Dakota
In related developments, four states that reported earlier outbreaks reported more detections on farms and in backyard flocks.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship said the virus struck a commercial pullet farm in Franklin County, which is in the north central part of the state. So far, Iowa has reported seven outbreaks.
Michigan reported two more outbreaks in backyard flocks, raising its total to three, according to the APHIS poultry outbreak page. In the latest events, the virus struck a holding in Macomb County, which covers the northeast part of Detroit and its suburbs. The premises keeps 86 mixed-species birds. The other outbreak is in Monroe County, in the state's southeast corner on the Ohio border, at a facility that houses 175 mixed-species birds.
In Nebraska, officials reported two more outbreaks, bringing its total to four. One involves a commercial broiler farm in Butler County that houses 417,000 chickens. Butler County is in the east central part of the state, about 50 miles west of Omaha. The other location is a small backyard mixed flock in Holt County in the north central region.
Elsewhere, South Dakota reported its twelfth outbreak, which involves a commercial turkey farm housing 45,000 birds in Jerauld County, in the east central part of the state, according to APHIS.
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