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Bird flu hits 5.3 million Iowa chickens; Hormel says turkey production down
2015-04-22 00:03:23| Food - Topix.net
Chickens stand in their cages at a farm near Stuart, Iowa, in this November 2009n file photo. Discovery of the bird flu on an Iowa turkey farm has raised serious concerns that the bird killer could find its way into chicken barns in the nation's top egg-producing state and rapidly decimate the flocks that provide the U.S. with its breakfast staple.
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Hormel says bird flu outbreak will hurt turkey sales
2015-04-21 00:24:11| Food - Topix.net
Farmers have been forced to kill more than 2.4 million turkeys since March. Most of the birds were in Minnesota, where Hormel is based.
US finds first case of lethal bird flu in commercial chicken flock
2015-04-14 17:10:42| Food - Topix.net
A flock of 200,000 hens in Wisconsin is the first commercial U.S. chicken operation to become infected with a lethal strain of bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, widening the impact of a virus that has killed hundreds of thousands of turkeys this year. The chickens were at an egg-laying facility in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, between Madison and Milwaukee, and represented the state's first case of the H5N2 flu, according to the Agriculture Department.
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Bird flu anxiety for hog market traders
2015-04-14 16:23:00| National Hog Farmer
The announcement of H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) by the U.S. Dept. of Agricultures Animal Plant & Health Inspection Service in a Wis. commercial layer flock caused heartburn for hog future traders, yesterday. read more
Bird flu hits fourth turkey flock in Minnesota: USDA
2015-04-03 12:32:12| Food - Topix.net
A virulent strain of avian flu has spread for the first time to poultry in South Dakota and infected a fourth turkey flock in Minnesota, the nation's top turkey producer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday. The latest infections of H5N2 flu show the virus, which can kill almost an entire poultry flock in 48 hours, continues to be a risk to U.S. trade.
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