WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) A southeastern North Dakota turkey farmer is taking precautions to ensure his flock isn't hit with avian influenza after a dangerous strain of the virus surfaced in other Midwestern states.
Dave Muehler of rural Hankinson has become increasingly concerned amid a spike in cases confirmed in Minnesota, and the Dakotas. The virus already has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of turkeys on at least two farms in the western part of the neighboring state.
Muehler tells the Wahpeton Daily News that he's enforcing extra measures to protect 40,000 turkeys at Muehler Turkey Farms Incorporated.
He says he's trying to limit the amount of people allowed on the farm and cross-contamination from equipment between turkey barns.