Farmers must kill 4.2 million chickens after bird flu hits Iowa egg farm

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Farmers must ***** 4.2 million chickens after bird flu hits Iowa egg farm

FILE – Chickens stand in their cages at a farm, Nov. 16, 2009, near Stuart, Iowa. More than 4 million chickens in Iowa will have to be ******* after a case of the highly pathogenic bird flu was detected at a large egg farm, the state announced Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — More than 4 million chickens in Iowa will have to be ******* after a case of the highly pathogenic bird flu was detected at a large egg farm, the state announced Tuesday.

Crews are in the process of ******** 4.2 million chickens after the ******** was found at a farm in Sioux County, Iowa, making it the latest in a yearslong outbreak that now is affecting dairy cattle as well. Last week, the virus was confirmed at an egg farm west of Minneapolis, Minnesota, leading to the ********** of nearly 1.4 million chickens.

Overall, 92.34 million birds have been ******* since the

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began in 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Although bird flu has become somewhat common among poultry, its spread to cattle has added to worries about the ********. In May, a

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dairy farmworker was diagnosed with bird flu, and the virus was detected in both

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and

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. It has been confirmed on dairy cattle farms in nine states.

Health and agriculture officials have said the risk to the public ******** low. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the meat from a single sickened dairy cow was not allowed to enter the nation’s food supply and beef ******** safe to eat.

Workers exposed to infected animals are at a higher risk. The only three human cases confirmed in the ******* States included two dairy workers and

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working to ********** infected birds on a poultry farm.

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