After confirming the presence of highly pathogenic avian flu in a flock of chickens, nearly 48,000 birds were killed at a north Alabama farm, state agriculture officials said.
A Marshall County commercial pullet farm — one that raises chicks from hatching until they are ready to produce eggs when they are moved to a laying barn — was placed under quarantine after samples were confirmed positive for HPAI, the Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries announced Friday.
HPAI is highly contagious to birds but considered low risk to humans and the virus is not considered a threat to food safety, the department said.
Who had a Covid Bird Flu hybrid strain on their “What else can possibly go wrong in the ‘20’s” bingo card? Anyone?
This and ASF were raging during the pandemic.
There were just bigger problems
nuclear war
Oh boy, are all the egg suppliers going to jack up prices ridiculously again even though egg production wasn’t that far off from the peak year the last time this happened?: https://www.statista.com/statistics/196096/total-egg-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
…instead of being killed for chicken nuggets.
What a waste. They don’t even get to end up as McDonald’s garbage
