avian flu

Dairy farm cows in 12 states — including Michigan and Ohio — have been infected with H5N1, also known as bird flu. The disease has also jumped to at least three farm workers.

The flock of 13,071 birds is under quarantine and marks the first positive commercial flock in Indiana in more than a year.

The Indiana Board of Animal Health said that 23 birds tested positive for the flu on Wednesday.

A dozen eggs costs $4.19 in Bloomington. Avian flu, feed costs and inflation are to blame.

Approximately 700 geese, primarily snow geese, have recently been found dead in western Gibson County. More than 100,000 snow geese currently are present there.

Avian flu, inflation, rising input costs and more all make for and expensive holiday feast.

The infection hit commercial flocks in February and is getting a spike of infections thanks to migration patterns.

H5N1 has been found in Dubois and Marion Counties. It can transfer from wild waterfowl to domestic poultry facilities without precautions.

The Indiana State Board of Animal Health reported that a small hobby flock of chickens, ducks and geese in northern Indiana’s Elkhart County tested presumptively positive on Tuesday.

Experts say the virus is most likely coming from wild birds traveling through the state as part of their migration patterns.