Just like how a sudden and severe flood can wipe out an entire population of fish, avian flu has wreaked havoc on the US poultry industry. This year, a record-breaking 50.54 million birds were claimed by the deadly disease, causing significant financial losses and skyrocketing turkey prices for Thanksgiving. Avian influenza spread amongst domestic birds like wildfire, leading to unprecedented mortality rates that surpassed any previous outbreaks. The flu’s impact was so massive that it became one of the major factors driving up the cost of turkey as consumers gathered around the dinner table this holiday season. This unfortunate event highlights the vulnerability of our poultry industry to highly contagious diseases and reinforces the importance of implementing effective biosecurity measures to prevent future outbreaks. Understanding the root causes behind such widespread transmission, including examining bird migration patterns and testing for potential genetic mutations of the virus, will be crucial in developing strategies to combat avian flu in the future.
Inflation isn’t the only reason that Thanksgiving turkey you ate Thursday cost so much more than it did last year. Avian influenza also was a big culprit, so big that the United States experienced a record number of domestic bird deaths this year because of the disease. …
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