Bird Flu Found In Commercial Mixed Species Flock in S.D.

CHARLES MIX CO., S.D. (AP) — Federal inspectors confirm the presence of bird flu in a commercial mixed species flock in southeastern South Dakota.

Samples from the flock in Charles Mix County, which borders Nebraska, were tested at a national laboratory at South Dakota State University.

The property was quarantined and the birds will be killed to prevent spread of the disease.

The highly contagious virus was discovered a month ago in a commercial turkey flock in Indiana and was detected earlier this week in a backyard flock of chickens and ducks in western Iowa.

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