US Bird Flu A large number of bird flu cases have been confirmed this week by the US Department of Agriculture. A decision has been taken to kill more than 1.3 million chickens present in Ohio egg farms to stop the spread of the infectious virus. So far this year, 81 lakh birds have been killed and 58 lakh of them have been killed this month alone.
US Bird Flu: There has been an increase in bird flu cases in America. Industries have also been adversely affected due to bird flu. A large number of bird flu cases have been confirmed this week by the US Department of Agriculture.
A decision has been taken to kill more than 1.3 million chickens present in Ohio egg farms to stop the spread of the infectious virus.
80 lakh birds were killed this year
However, the cases of this bird flu, which started at the beginning of the year 2022, are much less this year. To prevent the spread of the disease, 81 lakh birds have been killed so far this year and 58 lakh of them have been killed this month alone. This was due to the fact that numerous large egg farms were impacted. The biggest egg farm in Ohio is located there.
Most birds killed in Iowa
Egg farms are much larger than turkey or chicken farms, sometimes so large that millions of birds are housed in them. Iowa, the country’s largest egg-producing state, has been most affected by this outbreak and the highest number of birds have died here.
Cases found in many states
Large-scale bird flu cases have also been verified this week on farms in California, Minnesota, Maryland, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Georgia. Nonetheless, Maryland Chicken Farm had the greatest number of cases—1 lakh 98 thousand 200 birds were slaughtered there.
