5.3 Million Chickens Will Be Killed In Iowa Over Bird Flu Outbreak
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The confirmation of bird flu at one other Iowa egg-laying farm will power the killing of greater than 5 million chickens, state officers stated Friday.
It’s the second confirmed case of avian influenza in Buena Vista County, about 160 miles (257 kilometers) northwest of Des Moines, however the newest outbreak is at an operation with 5.3 million chickens. The earlier case was at a farm with about 50,000 turkeys.
The newest case confirmed by the state Department of Agriculture means almost 12.6 million hen and turkeys in a minimum of eight states have been killed or will likely be destroyed quickly.
Spread of the illness is basically blamed on the droppings or nasal discharge of contaminated wild birds, resembling geese and geese, which might contaminate mud and soil. Infected wild birds have been present in a minimum of 24 states, and the virus has been circulating in migrating waterfowl in Europe and Asia for almost a yr.
The first Iowa case was recognized on March 1 in a yard flock of 42 geese and geese in Pottawattamie County in western Iowa. Another egg-laying hen farm with almost 916,000 birds was reported with the virus on March 10 in Taylor County in southwest Iowa.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated the instances in birds don’t present a right away public health concern. No human instances of the avian influenza virus have been detected within the United States. It stays suitable for eating poultry merchandise. Cooking of poultry and eggs to an inside temperature of 165 ˚F kills micro organism and viruses.
