In 2026, bird flu has already been detected in six backyard flocks in Iowa. Four of those were confirmed across the span of just eight days.

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The highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in backyard flocks in two southeast Iowa counties.According to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, multi-species backyard ...

Bird flu has been detected in another backyard flock — this time in Buena Vista County — the fourth such outbreak over the past two weeks, the Iowa Department of Agriculture reports. Highly pathogenic ...

KCCI EIGHT. NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. BREAKING IT FOR HEALTH OFFICIALS JUST CONFIRMED ANOTHER CASE OF BIRD FLU, THIS TIME IN EASTERN IOWA. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS THE CONFIRMED CASE WAS ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) has been detected in a multi-species backyard flock in Washington County, according to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) have been detected in multi-species backyard flocks in Van Buren and Keokuk Counties, according to the Iowa Department of ...