Experts Worry Bird Flu Could Recur In Colder Months - from TRUNEWS

The bird flu this past spring cost the turkey industry in the Upper Midwest nearly half a billion dollars.

And nearly 50 million turkeys and chickens were killed in order to try and stop the spread.

The good news is, here in Minnesota, we haven’t seen a case of the bird flu in nearly three months.

But experts are worried the cooler months ahead could allow the flu to make a comeback.

“This is the worst animal disease outbreak this country has ever seen,” said John Zimmerman of P & J Products. “For me personally, we have never seen anything like this before.”

At his turkey farm near Northfield, Zimmerman produces about 4 million pounds of turkey a year. He was lucky this past spring. His flock wasn’t hit by the bird flu. And he’s doing everything he can to stay lucky.

Biosecurity has become a priority.

“We are talking at the end of the driveway now,” Zimmerman said. “We don’t allow unnecessary personnel on our farms anymore. We used to wash our boots, now we change our boots. We change our coveralls. We use a lot more disinfecting of equipment.”

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