Poultry producers wary of bird flu’s return to the state

By Reed Anfinson, publisher with information from the Associated Press
Minnesota’s poultry producers are monitoring cases of bird flu found in wild birds in other parts of the United States and Canada.
A state veterinarian says it’s an early warning for producers in Minnesota ahead of the spring waterfowl migration.
“With the number of detections that they’re picking up in essentially healthy wild birds, we know that it’s circulating and that it’s going to be present in those populations,” said Minnesota Board of Animal Health senior veterinarian Shauna Voss. “I think it’s not a matter of if it comes to Minnesota — it’s when.”
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