More than 40 million birds in domestic flocks, mostly chickens and turkeys, have died in the worst outbreak of bird flu since the 2014-15 epidemic, according to USDA data released on Monday. The outbreaks, which have killed 6% of the egg-laying hens in the country, were blamed for an Eastertime spike in egg prices.
Flocks in Iowa and Pennsylvania were hit the hardest by highly pathogenic avian influenza, losing a combined 17.6…
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