During the last major avian flu outbreak , the United States lost nearly 50 million birds – the majority of which were chickens – and suffered great economic pains . The loss of eggs and poultry pushed prices to record and long-term highs , inspired bans on American exports to effectively quarantine the strain and discriminately ravaged industry shares.
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Bird flu found at Tyson Foods chicken supplier new
Tens of thousands of chickens have been destroyed at a Tennessee chicken farm due to a bird flu outbreak, and 30 other farms within a six-mile radius are being quarantined. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 73,500 chickens were destroyed and will not enter the food system.
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