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Four more avian flu cases in Iowa

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Friday that it is responding to four more probable cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in commercial poultry farms in Sac, Pocahontas, Cherokee and Madison counties.

The cases in Sac, Pocahontas and Cherokee counties all involve turkey farms.  Estimates on the number of birds at those sites is still pending.

The Madison County case involves a commercial egg laying operation with an estimated one million birds.

These four new cases would join seventeen cases of the disease in Iowa that were previously announced. State officials have quarantined the premises and once the presence of the disease is confirmed, all birds on the property will be humanely euthanized to prevent the spread of the disease.