Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Bird flu: Over 50 million birds die in record US outbreak

So egg, chicken, and turkey prices in the U.S. are not only going up because of price inflation? Unfortunately, the article is ambiguous about killed poultry versus killed wildlife birds versus killed urban areas living birds.

"... This year's total of 50.54m birds - including chickens and turkeys - has surpassed a previous high set in 2015.
Flocks in over 40 states have been affected, more than double the number of states in the previous outbreak. ..."

Bird flu: 50 million birds die in record US outbreak - BBC News Over 50 million birds have died amid a record-breaking outbreak of avian flu in the United States, according to the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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