Friday, March 7, 2025

Bird flu chicken slaughter in Ohio

 
About 15.5 million birds!

HeadlineFox8, 3/6/2025

Justin Dennis reports:
Nearly one-third of Ohio’s egg-laying birds have been killed amid the state’s bird flu outbreak, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture. 
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has affected millions of commercial egg and meat birds in Ohio since 2022. 
About 15.5 million birds have been destroyed since Dec. 24 due to illnesses detected in their flocks, Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Brian Baldridge said Thursday. About 30% of the state’s egg-laying birds have been killed amid the outbreak, he said.  [emphasis added]

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