Is The Disease That Resulted In Death Of 50 Million Birds, 8444 Job Losses And $3.3 Billion Loss To US Economy, Coming Soon To India?

Last year a type of avian flu was found in the US that led to the deaths of about 50 million U.S. chickens and turkeys. To stop the movement of the disease, Dr. John Clifford, deputy administrator of the federal Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, testified that 42 million chickens and 7.5 million turkeys were killed. Those numbers equal 10 percent of the egg-laying hens in the entire United States, and 3 percent of the turkeys. Massive losses of poultry wreaked havoc on egg prices and sent ...

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