Bird flu

Nearly 5.5 million chickens and turkeys have died or had to be destroyed in Buena Vista County, Iowa, during the latest bird flu outbreak — more than in any other county in the nation. That’s impacted producers, as well as workers and their families.

Iowa is at the tail end of its bird flu outbreak as producers get the go-ahead to replenish their flocks. The state hasn't seen a new case of bird flu in more than a month.

The Iowa Department of Ag has released three poultry sites from quarantine restrictions related to bird flu.

Charity Nebbe and her guests talk about bird flu and wild bird migration.

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Charity Nebbe and her guests talk about bird flu and wild bird migration.

A new case of bird flu surfaced in a commercial turkey flock in Iowa Thursday, after a more than two-week lull in new cases of the highly contagious and deadly virus.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the top 10 importers of U.S. poultry have put some restrictions in place — largely banning chicken and turkey products from specific counties or regions in the U.S. Seven years ago, several countries banned poultry from the entire U.S. because of a bird flu outbreak.

The highly pathogenic avian flu is driving up egg prices and tightening the supply for Iowa’s egg producers.

State officials and scientists are cautioning backyard flock owners to be on high alert for bird flu. The highly contagious disease has reached small flocks in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.