Fujian H5N2 Explodes Again In US Midwest
Recombinomics.com
April 16, 2015
State County Flyway Flock type Serotype Confirm
WI Barron Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 16
MN Roseau Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 16
MN Kandiyohi Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 15
MN Stearns Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 15
MN Otter Tail Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 15
SD Roberts Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 15
MN Meeker Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 14
MN Kandiyohi Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 14
MN Meeker Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 14
MN Redwood Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 14
MN Swift Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 14
MN Stearns Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 13
MN Swift Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 13
IA Buena Vista Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 13
MN Le Sueur Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 11
WI Jefferson Mississippi Commerce Chickens H5N2 April 11
ND Dickey Central Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 10
MN Kandiyohi Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 11
SD McCook Central Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 10
SD McPherson Central Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 10
MN Cottonwood Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 9
MN Lyon Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 9
MN Stearns Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 9
MN Watonwan Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 9
SD Kingsbury Central Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 8
MN Meeker Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 7
MN Kandiyohi Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 7
MN Kandiyohi Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 4
MN Stearns Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 4
MT Judith Basin Central Backyard Mixed H5N2 April 2
MN Stearns Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 2
SD Beadle Central Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 1
MN Nobles Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 April 2
MN Stearns Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 March 28
MN Lac Qui Parle Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 March 27
KS Leavenworth Central Backyard Mixed H5N2 March 13
AR Boone Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 March 11
MO Moniteau Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 March 10
MO Jasper Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 March 9
MN Pope Mississippi Commerce Turkeys H5N2 March 4
The above April 16 APHIS list cites the reported farm H5N2 outbreaks since March 4. It shows 14 confirmations (all turkey farms) this week. However, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has reported Fujian H5 confirmation in a mix poultry (80 birds) backyard farm in Juneau signaling an explosion of ird flu infections linked to increasing wild bird migration.
The two new counties in Minnesota (Otter Trail and Roseau) are north of all prior confirmations in Minnesota, and Roseau shares a border with Canada (see H5N2 map).
Although CIDRAP and ProMED are in denial with regard to the role of wild birds in this spread, the increase and concentration in Minnesota, “The Land of 10,000 Lakes”, as open water increases and ducks and geese fly north, was predicted.
