Posted on 03/15/2015 5:02:20 AM PDT by EBH
An outbreak of an avian bird flu that has attacked flocks of turkeys continues to spread throughout the Mississippi River Valley, as biosecurity detectives scramble to pin down the mode of transmission and contain the epidemic.
Three states reporting an outbreak – Minnesota, Arkansas and Missouri – share the potential culprit. That would be the Mississippi River, which serves as a major flyway for migratory waterfowl. The particular strain of avian influenza usually doesn’t harm wild fowl, but does cause problems for domesticated flocks. The outbreak along the Mississippi flyway involves the same virus that has infected the Pacific flyway, where South Korea, for one, has watched the outbreak spread to 2.6 million birds.
Most food birds raised in the US are kept indoors, in large part to limit exposure to viral agents. Now, at least some US biosecurity experts believe the migrating fowl may have left behind droppings that could have been tracked into sanitary facilities on the rubber boots of farmworkers...
...Still, the stakes are high for farmers scrambling to contain the virus. The flu wiped out tens of thousands of birds at a commercial turkey farm in Minnesota last month. The outbreak is also having an effect on global trade. On Thursday, Mexico, which imports more chicken from the US than any other country, put into place new restrictions on US-bred poultry.
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Food shortage concerns coming soon? Article states tens of thousands of commercial birds killed last month.
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Any of Obama’s Chinese Illegals working there ?
More increases in the price of chicken.
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