Nearly 1 Million Minnesota Turkeys Lost to Bird Flu

The number of farms affected by bird flu in Minnesota is now at 13.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the new cases are in Cottonwood, Lyon, Watonwan and Stearns counties.

The farms housed a combined 189,000 turkeys; those not killed by the virus will be euthanized to prevent the disease from spreading.

Once those birds have been euthanized, the 13 affected Minnesota farms will have lost nearly 1 million birds.