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Tyson shares slammed by 'no-danger' avian flu find
Market Watch ^ | 06/03/2008 | Nathan Becker

Posted on 06/04/2008 4:43:15 PM PDT by EBH

TSN 17.11, +0.13, +0.8%) dropped 8% to close at $16.98 Tuesday following a report that 15,000 chickens in a northwest Arkansas plant had tested positive for a mild strain of avian influenza.

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture spokeswoman Angie Harless said the National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed the presence Sunday of avian influenza antibodies in Tyson chickens, indicating that they had a mild strain of avian flu.


(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: birdflu; poultry; usda
Repeat no danger to humans.

More information regarding the ban implemented in Russia and Japan against imports from Arkansas.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/tyson-bird-flu-find-curbs/story.aspx?guid={1E8A9C17-A8D9-4A21-98B8-414EDE665032}&siteid=yahoomy

1 posted on 06/04/2008 4:43:15 PM PDT by EBH
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; neverdem; Smokin' Joe

Ping


2 posted on 06/04/2008 4:46:31 PM PDT by EBH ( ... the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness. --Alculin c.735-804)
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To: EBH

Not all that sure Mike can be trusted to make chicken.

3 posted on 06/04/2008 4:48:45 PM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: trumandogz

Being in the business I can say without legitimate contradiction this is no joke. That being said, love the pic.


4 posted on 06/04/2008 5:15:58 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: EBH

I suppose this might really pose a danger to those who like their chicken done medium or rare.


5 posted on 06/04/2008 6:22:36 PM PDT by george123
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To: EBH

Bookmark.


6 posted on 06/04/2008 6:23:55 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Buy a Mac ...)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...

ping


7 posted on 06/04/2008 6:53:30 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: EBH

I’m more concerned with the leprosy cases in Tyson’s hometown.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967284/posts


8 posted on 06/04/2008 6:55:33 PM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: Smokin' Joe
"The strain, low-pathogenic H7N3, poses no danger to humans, Harless said.
9 posted on 06/04/2008 6:57:10 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Yep. Still, it might be a ‘buy’ opportunity in poultry producer stock...


10 posted on 06/04/2008 7:00:27 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

My thoughts exactly...cleaned up when Martha Stewart went to jail.


11 posted on 06/04/2008 7:08:36 PM PDT by willyd (Tickets, fines, fees, permits and inspections are synonyms for taxes)
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To: pulaskibush; Travelgirl; TheBattman

Arkansas ping list - pingaroo.


12 posted on 06/05/2008 9:25:10 AM PDT by OB1kNOb ("We like Mr. Obama and we hope he will win the election." - Ahmed Yousef, Hamas PM advisor)
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