Buena Vista County hit with third bird flu outbreak. It’s Iowa’s sixth report of the deadly disease – By Donnelle Eller (Des Moines Register) / March 24, 2022
Bird flu has hit another commercial turkey operation in northwest Iowa, the third outbreak in Buena Vista County and the sixth in the state since the beginning of March, the Iowa Department of Agriculture said Thursday.
The state said the facility has nearly 54,000 turkeys that are being destroyed to prevent the spread of the highly contagious disease. The virus can wipe out a flock within 48 hours.
Buena Vista County has been under a state disaster proclamation since March 6, when the first outbreak in was reported in a commercial flock of nearly 50,000 turkeys. And a week ago,the state said the deadly disease hit an egg-laying operation with 5.3 million hens.
