THE HAGUE, Netherlands- The Dutch government has banned the transport of poultry and eggs throughout the country after confirming an outbreak of bird flu at a chicken farm. The Ministry for Economic Affairs said Sunday the outbreak is deadly to poultry and can also be transmitted to humans. Sp...
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The USDA said Monday that it does not yet know what type of H7 bird flu is affecting the chickens at Tennessee, but will know within 48 hours. Shares of Tysons fell $1.50, or 2.4 percent, to $62.10 in afternoon trading. Shares of Sanderson Farms (SAFM), based in Laurel, Mississippi, ...
Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were on site Thursday to evaluate the operation and work with the state in figuring out how to proceed. Bird flu has already been found at eight turkey farms in South Dakota—affecting almost 500,000 birds—but none of this magnitude. This ...
Over 60 bird flu cases have been reported around Japan this winter, the most in history, with highly pathogenic bird flu strain detected in wild birds, poultry as well as birds kept in zoos. A total of about 570,000 chicken have been culled at poultry farms in the prefectures of Aomori ...
Moreover, the USDA said roughly 26,800 turkeys will be killed on the farm in McPherson County, South Dakota. An additional 17,000 birds will be slaughtered at two farms based in Clay County, Iowa. The egg and poultry industry has been dealing with a bird flu outbreak since...
(Reuters) -The spread of bird flu among poultry and dairy farms has heightened some health experts' concerns that the process of killing and disposing of poultry infected with the virus may pose a risk to humans and livestock. Recent instances of farms dumping carcasses in landfills and usi...
The affected farms have been placed under quarantine and approximately 260,000 birds were culled, according to the minister. There have been several calls to permit vaccination against the disease. But Zokwana said he has been advised by his team of experts that this will not be in the best...
So far two farms, both in Mpumalanga, have been affected. The affected farms have been placed under quarantine and approximately 260,000 birds were culled, according to the minister. There have been several calls to permit vaccination against the disease. ...
NEW YORK (AP)— Tens of thousands of chickens have been destroyed at a Tennessee chicken farm due to a bird flu outbreak, and 30 other farms within a six-mile radius have being quarantined. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 73,500 chickens were destroyed and will not enter the foo...