Chicken, whether Kentucky fried or simply buttered, is a large part of the human diet. The average American, for instance, eats around 45 kilograms (100 pounds) of chicken every year, according to the National Chicken Council. If you were so inclined, you could fashion that amount of chicken into a sculpture larger than a German Shepherd dog. At some point, …
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TAYLORSVILLE — Nearly 35,000 turkeys were recently culled after cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza were detected at a commercial turkey facility in central Utah, state agriculture officials said Friday. Flu was found within an undisclosed facility in Sanpete County, leading to the decision to depopulate to prevent further spread of the viral infection, which often leads to “high death …
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REDWOOD FALLS, MINN. – After a summer free of bird flu infections, a new outbreak at a turkey operation in Redwood County has the state back on alert. A deadly bird flu has been detected in a commercial turkey flock, the Minnesota Board of Animal Health said this week. The outbreak marks the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza …
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