State officials’ hopes have been dashed that avian flu is tapering off in Minnesota.  More infestations are again popping up, after the state went the whole week before Memorial Day without any new cases.  Bethany Hahn with the state Board of Animal Health…

Officials reported Wednesday that a second turkey flock with avian flu was detected in Brown County; Meeker County logged its 10th infestation, and Kandiyohi county its 37th– making it the hardest hit in Minnesota.  So far, 97 farms in 22 counties have been affected, totaling over eight million birds.

Hahn says officials are hoping avian flu acts like other viruses and tapers off when the weather gets warmer– but she says there’s a lot scientists don’t know about the disease that’s decimated nearly a hundred flocks in Minnesota.