Most South Dakota poultry operations affected by the avian influenze are now in the process of repopulating. State Veterinarian, Dr. Dustin Oedekoven says close to 80 percent of the state’s poultry operators are repopulating flocks.
Oedekoven says they’re not sure whether the disease will reoccur as wild birds return to the state. He says there could be a different strain of the virus that producers have to deal with.
He says most of South Dakota’s poultry producers have done a good job with biosecurity and dealing with bird flu.
Oedekoven says the Animal Industry Board will work with state wildlife agencies in battling the bird flu. He says the wildlife agencies will be conducting surveillance on the wild birds to try and determine what type of bird flu producers may have to deal with.
