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Avian flu hits more turkeys in Gratiot County, Michigan

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Gratiot County, Michigan, has had two commercial meat turkey flocks affected by H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in less than a week.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that the presence of HPAI was confirmed in a flock of 26,400 turkeys on May 2. HPAI was confirmed in another commercial turkey flock in that county on April 26, with 27,700 birds in that flock.

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