Alabama chicken farm quarantined, 48,000 birds killed after highly pathogenic avian flu detected
While considered low risk to humans, HPAI is highly contagious to birds, including commercial and backyard flocks of poultry, the agency said. The virus is also not considered a threat to food safety because infected birds do not enter the good supply, according to the department.
Nearly 1M Chickens Will Be Killed on a Minnesota Farm Because of Bird Flu | Lakeland News
@nursefrombirth
I think eventually we figure out some other way than factory farms. They're fragile, terrible, and smell horrific. Also terrible.
@b4cks4w @nursefrombirth all of that. I sure hope we can find a way that works better.
@b4cks4w @nursefrombirth We have to be willing to pay more at local farms. Easy for me to say, right? But if we combine that with reducing our use of animal products by teaching people to use it as just a part of the main dish, instead of a big hunk of meat.
@nursefrombirth Here’s an article about the methods used to mass slaughter the birds.
https://apnews.com/article/189a7c08d848047f00b3f7b5bec39e67
Ohio Egg Farm Slaughters 1.35 Million Chickens Over Bird Flu
More than 8 million birds have been killed this year in efforts to prevent the spread of avian influenza.
#Ohio #News #BirdFlu #AvianFlu #PublicHealth
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bc-us-bird-flu_n_656214eee4b05f498ba08196