The state of Iowa announced Tuesday that more than 4 million chickens in the state must be culled after a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza was detected in a large chicken farm.
Crews are working to cull 4.2 million chickens after the disease was discovered on a farm in Sioux County, Iowa, the latest in a years-long outbreak that has now affected dairy cows. Last week, about 1.4 million chickens were culled after the virus was confirmed on an egg farm west of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In total, 92.34 million birds were killed. Outbreak It is expected to begin in 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Avian flu has become somewhat more common among poultry, but its infection with cattle is of growing concern. Number 2 A dairy worker was diagnosed with bird flu, and the virus beef and milkIt has been identified on dairy farms in nine states.
Health and agriculture officials say the risk to the public remains low. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said meat from the single diseased dairy cow will not enter the nation’s food supply and that beef remains safe to eat.
Workers who have had contact with infected animals are at higher risk. Two confirmed cases in the United States are dairy workers and One Man Slaughtering infected birds on poultry farms.
https://fortune.com/2024/05/28/bird-flu-outbreak-more-than-90-million-chickens-killed/
