Watt Poultry The largest of the three affected flocks included 250,600 commercial meat turkeys. The presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in three commercial meat turkey flocks in Minnesota.
According to information from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) two of the flock infections occurred in Meeker County. On January 15 HPAI was confirmed in a flock of 77,300 turkeys, and on the following day, the presence of the virus was confirmed in a flock of 250,600 turkeys.