Missouri turkey farm quarantined after bird flu detected

A turkey farm in Missouri has been placed under quarantine after government officials detected bird flu on its premises.

The US Department of Agriculture has said the first commercial case of bird flu in the country this year has been confirmed at the unnamed turkey farm in southwestern Missouri.

USDA spokeswoman Lyndsay Cole said Thursday that the H7N1 avian influenza, a low-pathogenic form, was detected through pre-slaughter testing on a farm in Jasper County that houses 20,000 turkeys.

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