Avian flu, ‘a continuing threat,’ has claimed 14 million birds

To prevent spread of a deadly poultry disease, the Agriculture Department urged bird owners on Thursday to practice good biosecurity and to consider keeping their birds indoors all day. Fourteen million birds in domestic flocks have died in outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) since Feb. 8, when the viral disease was found in… » Read More

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