Tennessee flock has first U.S. case of deadly bird flu this year

Agriculture officials ordered the culling of 73,500 chickens on a Tennessee farm near the border with Alabama, and put 30 nearby poultry farms under quarantine following discovery of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the breeding flock. It was the first case of “high path” bird flu in commercial poultry in the nation this year. The… » Read More

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