A commercial turkey farm in Washington County has been hit by bird flu, the Indiana State Board of Animal Health said Friday, the latest in a string of egg-laying, duck and other farms impacted by the disease.
More than 14,000 turkeys at the now-unnamed farm are impacted by the detection. The area is quarantined.
Millions of birds have been impacted by the bird flu in Indiana, most recently 2.6 million up in Jay County in a detection reported Wednesday. The entire flock is typically euthanized. according to the Board of Animal Health’s dashboard, most flocks impacted over the past year have been killed.
Late last month, nearly 3 million birds were impacted by an outbreak in Seymour. According to the state’s dashboard, that farm has been “depopulated.”
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, the current strain, is lethal to birds but has a low risk for humans. According to the CDC’s dashboard updated Wednesday, 68 total human cases and one associated death have been reported since 2024 – mostly among dairy and poultry workers.
