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Iowa egg, turkey farms lose 5 million birds to Avian Flu

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Bird flu has infected two more farms in Iowa, forcing the killing of 5.3 million hens and 88,000 turkeys.

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  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Iowa to kill 1.5M more hens and turkeys because of bird flu (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa agriculture officials announced two more bird flu outbreaks in commercial flocks on Tuesday that will require the killing of more than 1.5 million hens

  2. Sioux City Journal

    Nearly 1.5M more Iowa birds being killed because of bird flu (opens Sioux City Journal)

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    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Nearly 1.5 million more chickens and turkeys are being slaughtered after Iowa agriculture officials confirmed two more cases of bird flu.

  3. Iowa Capital Dispatch

    Iowa birds account for 43% of avian flu victims (opens Iowa Capital Dispatch)

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    Iowa ag officials announced the state’s seventh bird flu case: A commercial flock of about 250,000 young hens in Franklin County.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Iowa to kill 1.5 million more hens, turkeys because of bid flu (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The worst recent bird flu outbreak in the US happened in 2015, when more than 230 farms in 15 states had outbreaks.

  5. FOX Business

    Bird flu: Iowa to kill 1.5M more hens, turkeys due to recent outbreaks (opens FOX Business)

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    The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced Tuesday that an outbreak was confirmed at a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County and a commercial layer flock in Guthrie C…

  6. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Iowa egg, turkey farms to lose 5 million birds to bird flu (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bird flu has infected two more farms in Iowa, forcing the killing of 5.3 million hens and 88,000 turkeys, officials said Friday.

  7. NBC Chicago

    Iowa to Kill 52K More Hens and Turkeys Because of Bird Flu (opens NBC Chicago)

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    Another 15,0000 chickens and 37,000 turkeys will have to be killed after bird flu spread to two more Iowa farms, state agriculture officials announced Sunday.

  8. WQAD

    Iowa egg, turkey farms lose 5 million birds to Avian Flu (opens WQAD)

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    WQAD's feed description

    Bird flu has infected two more farms in Iowa, forcing the killing of 5.3 million hens and 88,000 turkeys.

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