Iowa

H5 Snow Goose Adair IA Iowa Adair 3/15/2022 EA H5 Snow goose Sampling Source Hunter harvest NWDP https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

DES MOINES, Iowa (Mar. 11, 2022) — The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed a positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Taylor County, Iowa. The virus was found in a flock of commercial layer chickens. https://iowaagriculture.gov/news/hpai-confirmed-commercial-layer-chickens

1 H5N1 Mallard Polk IA Iowa Polk 3/10/2022 EA H5N1 Mallard Wild bird mortality IDNR (13) https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

Countries beginning to ban poultry products from Iowa, even though confirmed outbreaks were limited to back yard flock.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed a positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. The virus was found in a non-commercial, backyard poultry flock. https://iowaagriculture.gov/news/hpai-confirmed-non-commercial-backyard-flock