Nationwide, avian influenza impacted 57.8 million birds, surpassing the 2014-2015 outbreak as the deadliest in U.S. history. The majority of South Dakota's affected poultry producers were ...

But in 2024, the virus was detected in a flock of farm-raised pheasants in South Dakota, leading to the killing of about 30,000 of the birds that draw hunters from around the world each fall.

Bird flu proved more devastating to South Dakota poultry farms in 2022. According to The Argus Leader, bird flu affected more than 3.96 million birds last year, more than double the number of flu ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that avian influenza (bird flu), which is deadly to commercial poultry, was confirmed in a flock of 47,300 turkeys in Jerauld County of South Dakota ...