More than 4 million chickens to be killed in Iowa after officials detect bird flu on farm
More than 4 million chickens to be killed in Iowa after officials detect bird flu on farm
The steep loss from the top egg-producing state triggered a disaster proclamation from Iowa's governor.
"a" flock, the article says. One farm with millions of chickens?
That's bananas
Did you notice it says 'farm'? Not 'farms'?
4 million chicken in ONE farm...!
It's the American way. And it sucks.
I'm sure any and all chicken producers will use it as an excuse to keep increasing prices.
Those two don't have to exclude each other! Think of the profits!!
Y’know eating less meat will help save the planet.
Because the water, power, and pollution expended would be less.
Aw come on, that's a lot of wings, if we promise to cook them well, can you drop off some to my house?
Even aside from those particular birds, the shortage of chicken and eggs from bird flu has driven prices way up. Fewer wings to go around, so parties bid up what's available.
Wikioedia: 2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak
Since 2020, global outbreaks of avian influenza subtype H5N1 have been occurring, with cases reported from every continent as of May 2024.
Here's a graph showing chicken meat prices in the US since 2020:
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000FF1101
And here's one showing eggs:
The Dispatch reported that the entire flock will be culled, with the remains isolated, to help prevent further spread.
Kind of unfortunate that they can't figure out which ones got sick and cull just those. Would be nice to move towards chickens that are more-resistant to the flu, but that can't happen unless the vulnerable ones are selected against in terms of survival. An across-the-board cull doesn't do that.
Do we know the infection transmission method of this virus? Presumably if they knew they wouldn’t have to cull the whole facility right?