Chicken Prices Fly The Coop - 2-7-04 Bird Flu In Delaware Forces Mass slaughter

[dmcowen674]

2-7-2004 Flu Fears Force Killing of Delaware Birds

A flock of 12,000 chickens in Delaware was destroyed on Saturday in a bid to prevent the spread of avian flu

Scuse said he was "fairly confident" the virus had not spread. As a safeguard, however, other flocks within a two-mile radius of the infected farm would be tested, and the outcome of that process would probably be known by Tuesday, he said.

If the virus is found in any of the other flocks, the testing area would be extended to five miles

 

[Red Dawn]

Bird Flu and Mad Cow Disease. What's next, Porcine Pox?

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Bird Flu and Mad Cow Disease. What's next, Porcine Pox?

Soylent Green, yum

 

[digitalsm]

This is ALL media hype.

The bird flu hit the US last year. Tens of thousands of birds were slaughtered in the west. It never reached Texas or Arkansas, two of the biggest chicken producing states in the US.