4th Case Of Avian Flu Detected In Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — There's another case of bird flu in Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection said Wednesday that H5 avian influenza has been detected in an unidentified turkey flock in Chippewa County.

State agriculture officials say the property where the flu was detected in the flock of 87,000 birds has been quarantined. All the birds that haven't died from the flu will be killed.

The latest discovery brings to four the number of cases in Wisconsin. It was first detected in a commercial chicken flock in Jefferson County on April 12. It was later found in in flocks in Barron and Juneau counties.

Agriculture officials say more than 310,000 birds have been destroyed in Wisconsin as a result of the avian flu.

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