Avian flu toll now counts 102 farms in Minnesota

ST. PAUL - The number of farms in Minnesota affected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza has now reached 102, with four presumptive positive flocks reported on Friday.
The state Board of Animal Health reported that the four presumptive positive flocks were identified on farms in Blue Earth, Renville, Brown and Kandiyohi counties. All involved commercial turkeys.
There are now 38 farms in Kandiyohi County affected. The Renville County flock reported Friday is the sixth affected in the county.
The size of the affected flocks in Blue Earth, Renville and Brown reported Friday were not known. The Kandiyohi County flock consisted of 7,000 birds.
Avian influenza has now affected farms in 23 counties in Minnesota since the outbreak began in early March.
At this point, birds on 87 of the affected 104 farms have been euthanized, according to the Board of Animal Health.