Nebraska reports avian influenza outbreak in commercial chicken flock
The outbreak affects 570,000 chickens
23 March 2022
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By: The US state of Nebraska reported on Tuesday an outbreak of highly lethal avian influenza in a flock of 570,000 chickens being raised for meat, reported Reuters.
Millions of US broiler chickens being raised for meat, egg-laying chickens and turkeys have been infected with avian influenza since February or culled to prevent the spread of the disease.
