Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 4/6/22


U.S. poultry producers have strengthened their safeguards against disease, and the nation may see “significantly less” damage from this year’s outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday. The 2014-2015 bird flu epidemic killed more than 50 million birds, mostly chickens and turkeys, in domestic flocks and created spot shortages of eggs in grocery stores. During a teleconference, Vilsack said his assessment was based on conditions at present. The arrival of warm...

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