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The Department of Agriculture has lifted the temporary ban on the entry of domestic and wild birds from Iowa and Minnesota, following updates that bird flu incidence in affected counties were resolved, as reported to the World Organization of Animal Health .
Meanwhile, the DA has declared Sultan Kudarat province officially free of avian influenza , easing the restriction on the movement of chickens, ducks, and other poultry and poultry products within and beyond the province’s borders.The clean bill of health came after more than 90 days of extensive cleaning, disinfection, and rigorous testing, the DA said.
Back in March 2022, Sultan Kudarat faced an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 strain of avian flu. Several more reports of AI cases affecting ducks, native and layer chickens, turkeys, guinea fowls and geese from June 2022 through February 2023.
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