WILLMAR, Minn. (KVRR) — The Minnesota Board of Animal Health has confirmed a second commercial operation in Otter Tail County to have contracted bird flu. The bird flu was confirmed in a flock with more than 29,000 turkeys. The first one was reported back in mid-September, with more than 16,000, and another flock of more than 20,000 in Becker County….
(KVRR/KFGO) — The Minnesota Board of Animal Health is ending a temporary poultry exhibition ban. Animal health officials first enacted the ban in April. The ban included all poultry swaps, fairs, exhibitions, and other events where live poultry and susceptible birds were brought together and then dispersed. Dr. Dale Lauer with the University of Minnesota Poultry Testing Lab in Willmar…
ST. PAUL, Minn.–State animal health officials say an Otter Tail County kitten who bit three people, including a young child, has tested positive for rabies. The Minnesota Board of Animal Health says the kitten’s owner saw a skunk attacking the kitten on her farmhouse porch last month. She recalled seeing blood and bite marks on the kitten’s leg. The farm…
