High-path avian flu remains a concern for U.S. poultry producers even though no cases have been reported this year.
Steve Olson is executive director of the Turkey Growers and Chicken and Egg Associations in Minnesota.
“We’re thankful that 2018 has been quiet from an avian influenza standpoint, and we continue to be on high-alert because we’re in the migratory season of wild birds moving south for the winter. This is the time that we’re most susceptible.”
He tells Brownfield surveillance has improved since the avian flu outbreak in 2015, and the poultry sector is adopting enhanced bio-security principles.
