9 more Indiana farms infected with bird flu

Associated Press

HUNTINGBURG, Ind.

Birds from nine more commercial turkey farms in Indiana have tested positive for bird flu, and officials were trying Saturday to determine the strain of the highly contagious virus.

The nine farms are in Dubois County, Ind., about 70 miles from Louisville, Ky., the Indiana State Board of Animal Health said in a statement.

Authorities confirmed Friday another commercial flock in Dubois County was infected with the H7N8 strain, which is different from the H5N2 virus that led to the deaths of about 48 million turkeys and chickens last summer.

All of the new infections are located within a control area set up around the first farm, the statement said.