Source: Michelle Rook, AGWEB, 5/23/22

Bird flu hit U.S. poultry producers hard this spring, but it hasn't been nearly as devastating as 2015.  That outbreak was the largest High Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak ever recorded in the U.S. and USDA says it was the  the most significant animal health event in U.S. history.   To date, more than 38 million birds in 35 states have been lost in 2022, closing in on 2015 when USDA reported losses of 7.4 million turkey’s and 43 million egg layers.  But industry experts says that’s where the similarity ends. 

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