Seeing dead, or unusually acting birds? Avian influenza hitting South Dakota hard
South Dakota has 2.15 million birds affected by the outbreak, according to USDA info.
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South Dakota has 2.15 million birds affected by the outbreak, according to USDA info.
South Dakota’s multi-year drought and wetland drainage practices are resulting in fewer and smaller wetlands. That can result in less opportunity during this year’s duck hunting season.
A bird flu outbreak is forcing farmers to put down millions of turkeys and chickens in eight states. The discovery of the disease in an egg-laying farm in Iowa meant that 5.3 million chickens were scheduled for euthanization on that farm alone.
Officials in South Dakota said on Saturday that 85,000 birds in two state facilities were euthanized amid the state's first avian flu outbreak since 2015.
Two Charles Mix County poultry operations reported outbreaks of avian flu, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department said on Friday. Canadian and Snow Geese also have been infected.