Federal officials say they’ve confirmed a deadly bird flu in a second commercial turkey flock in eastern South Dakota.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the strain of avian influenza in the flock of 34,000 turkeys in Kingsbury County, which sits between Huron and Brookings.
The U.S. in recent months has seen an increase in cases of the highly pathogenic H5N2 strain affecting poultry in multiple states including Minnesota.
The first case of the virus was found last week at Riverside Farms near Huron.
State officials have quarantined the premises of the second farm and birds on the property will be killed to prevent the spread of the disease.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers the risk to people to be low.