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Bird flu hits turkey flock in Newaygo County as virus spreads in Michigan

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The bird flu continues to impact poultry flocks in Michigan as wild birds make their migration from the south. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported last week that highly pathogenic avian influenza had been detected in a commercial flock of turkeys being raised for meat in Newaygo County.

News of the outbreak, which affected more than 67,000 turkeys, comes after the disease was detected in a poultry flock in Ionia Countyearlier in April. Officials detected the disease in a flock of hensat theGreen Meadow Organics facility owned by Herbruck’s, the top egg producer in Michigan.

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