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What to Know About the Latest Bird Flu Outbreak in the US (VIDEO)
Associated Press //April 12, 2024//
Cases of eggs from Cal-Maine Foods Inc. await to be handed out by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce employees at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Mississippi, in 2020. The largest producer of fresh eggs in the United States said Tuesday that it has stopped production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens there. Cal-Maine Foods Inc. said in a statement that approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, about 3.6% of its total flock, were destroyed after the infection, avian influenza, was found at the facility in Parmer County, Texas. (AP File Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Cases of eggs from Cal-Maine Foods Inc. await to be handed out by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce employees at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Mississippi, in 2020. The largest producer of fresh eggs in the United States said Tuesday that it has stopped production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens there. Cal-Maine Foods Inc. said in a statement that approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, about 3.6% of its total flock, were destroyed after the infection, avian influenza, was found at the facility in Parmer County, Texas. (AP File Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
What to Know About the Latest Bird Flu Outbreak in the US (VIDEO)
Associated Press //April 12, 2024//
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