Highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is causing devastation in California's poultry industry, particularly in the 'Egg Basket' region and Sonoma County. The outbreaks have led to the culling of over 1 million birds in the past two months, prompting a state of emergency declaration. This comes a year after the disease resulted in record egg prices and widespread shortages, impacting the industry nationwide.
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Avian Flu is ravaging Sonoma County, where officials have declared a state of emergency. During the past two months alone, nearly a dozen commercial farms have had to kill more than 1 million birds to control the outbreak. https://t.co/QZ8ARO39lQ
Avian flu is devastating farms in California's ‘Egg Basket' as outbreaks roil poultry industry https://t.co/ivORKLvehL
A year after the bird flu led to record egg prices and widespread shortages, the disease known as highly pathogenic avian influenza is wreaking havoc in California, which escaped the earlier wave of outbreaks that devastated poultry farms in the Midwest. https://t.co/OV6Py31Jkp
A year after the bird flu led to record egg prices and widespread shortages, the disease known as highly pathogenic avian influenza is wreaking havoc on California poultry farms. https://t.co/u3l0RQ1s6a https://t.co/u3l0RQ1s6a
Avian flu is devastating farms in California's 'Egg Basket' as outbreaks roil poultry industry https://t.co/Eb5Mfv1QOo