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it's not getting much coverage that I've seen, though there have been predictions of massive turkey shortages come thanksgiving.
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The costly effects of a virulent H5 strain of avian influenza keeps getting worse. Layoffs have begun in the poultry industry as thousands more birds are being slaughtered.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has now confirmed 122 cases of the disease, which can kill a bird in 48 hours (Tweet This). So far, nearly 24 million chickens and turkeys from more than a dozen states have been affected since December. The mounting numbers top the previous record outbreak from the 1980s, which hit 17 million birds.
And it's still spreading: Both Iowa and Minnesota reported more "probable" cases this week, including two more commercial egg operations that together house an estimated 3.9 million hens. Outbreak: Bird flu epidemic getting worse
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With avian influenza continuing to wreak havoc in northwest Iowa, poultry producers may get some help disposing of more than 20 million chickens, turkeys and ducks infected by the deadly virus, officials said Wednesday. Disposal a struggle in Iowa's bird-flu outbreak
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