Indiana officials say the state is declaring freedom from the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or bird flu. A bird flu-free status means a state has eliminated disease on all affected farms and no new infections are detected after waiting for 28 days.

Braun put out a statement underlining that the state was monitoring both the impact of the outbreak on farmers and any risk of human exposure.

A flock of turkeys in eastern Indiana has tested positive for H5N1 or bird flu.

Health officials are warning northern Indiana residents to take precautions to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes after detecting a rare and potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus in the region.

The Indiana State Board of Animal Health said Monday that laboratory testing of a commercial duck flock in Elkhart County has come back as presumptively positive for the virus.

Laboratory testing of a second commercial duck flock in Elkhart County came back as presumptively positive for the virus, the Indiana State Board of Animal Health said.

Laboratory testing of a commercial duck flock in Elkhart County has come back as presumptively positive avian influenza. So far this year, the virus has been confirmed in 24 states affecting chickens and turkeys.

Laboratory testing of a fourth commercial turkey flock in Dubois County has come back as presumptively positive for the virus, the Indiana State Board of Animal Health said. The samples are being verified at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Iowa.

Avian influenza has been detected in a fourth commercial poultry flock in southern Indiana, state officials said Saturday.

A strain of avian flu has been found at a third commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana, state officials said Thursday.