Scientists Explain H5N2 Virus

USDA Says Researchers Working in Several Areas to Stem Impacts of Avian Flu

Chris Clayton
By  Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
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USDA researchers acknowledge they are surprised by the large number of commercial positive cases of H5N2 even though there have been very few infections found in wild birds in the Mississippi Flyway. For now, researchers are assuming the commercial flocks are being infected by wild birds. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)
USDA researchers acknowledge they are surprised by the large number of commercial positive cases of H5N2 even though there have been very few infections found in wild birds in the Mississippi Flyway. For now, researchers are assuming the commercial flocks are being infected by wild birds. (DTN file photo by Chris Clayton)
High-pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza has infected 34 commercial poultry operations, mostly in the upper Midwest, with 22 of the affected turkey operations in Minnesota.

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