New HPAI case in Wisconsin

New HPAI case in Wisconsin

IMAGE: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection map showing the state’s two most recent highly-pathogenic avian influenza locations.

A new year brings a new case of highly-pathogenic avian influenza to Wisconsin.

State agriculture officials tell Brownfield the virus has infected 41,000 turkeys at a commercial growing operation in southwestern Washburn County not far from Shell Lake.

The new case was reported Thursday and the birds are being depopulated.