by:Rae Yost

Posted:Apr 1, 2022 / 02:37 PM CDT

Updated:Apr 1, 2022 / 02:37 PM CDT

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Avian flu has been confirmed at 21 locations in South Dakota, according to theU.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Eighteen of those locations are in commercial turkey productions. At least 800,000 turkeys have been impacted as of March 30.

About 124,000 chickens were impacted at an egg laying production site. The flu was also confirmed at a commercial mixed-species site with 47,330 birds in the flock. The flu was also confirmed in a backyard flock of 150 birds.

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“As for South Dakota we are well beyond the (number of sites) in 2015,” said state assistant veterinarian Dr. Mendel Miller. “I would imagine we over the number of birds too.”

Ten sites were impacted in…