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Egg prices spike as bird flu outbreaks reach two-month mark
Story Date: 4/11/2022
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Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 4/8/22
Americans will not run out of eggs in the ongoing outbreak of bird flu, the worst since 2015, says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Some 4% of the U.S. layer flock has died in the two months since the first confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on February 8. Egg-laying hens account for two of every three birds that have died of HPAI or in culling of infected flocks. “High path” bird flu can wipe out a flock quickly, so agricultural officials are quick to cull flocks in hopes of preventing the viral disease from spreading.
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