poultry

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that avian influenza was confirmed in a flock of 47,300 turkeys in Jerauld County of South Dakota on Oct. 4 and at a farm with 141,800 birds in Utah's Sanpete County last Friday.

Twenty-nine states, including Utah, have reported Avian flu outbreaks to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

On Tuesday morning, Governor Gary Herbert spared one locally-raised turkey from becoming Thanksgiving dinner. But this is a story about a local poultry…

Utah agriculture and wildlife officials have joined together to help backyard poultry producers understand the threat of avian flu.Backyard chickens may…