Iowa Announces More H5N2 Cases

Another 5.5 Million Layers Presumed Positive

Initial tests on 5.5 million egg-laying chickens in Iowa came back positive for the H5N2 avian influenza virus, Iowa's secretary of agriculture said Monday. (DTN/The Progressive Farmer file photo by Jim Patrico)
Initial tests on 5.5 million egg-laying chickens in Iowa came back positive for the H5N2 avian influenza virus, Iowa's secretary of agriculture said Monday. (DTN/The Progressive Farmer file photo by Jim Patrico)
Positive tests of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza continue to mount. As the virus spreads, it looks to challenge the most severe outbreak in history: 17 million birds lost in an outbreak in 1983.

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