DUBOIS CO. — The number of Southern Indiana farms impacted by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has increased to six, and 171,281 turkeys have now been euthanized in Dubois and Greene counties since Feb. 9 to contain the spread of the disease.
The Indiana Board of Animal Health (BOAH) announced on March 1 that it’s responding to a presumptive case at a fourth Dubois County turkey farm after laboratory testing identified H5 avian influenza there. Samples are being verified at the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Iowa, and depopulation efforts are already underway on the premises, which houses 16,500 birds.
