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11/22/2017 / By Janine Acero

No time for “fowl” play: 5 Strategies to protect your chickens from avian flu

The most severe outbreak of the avian influenza – commonly known as bird flu – in the U.S. happened in 2015. The occurrence triggered a wave of alarm for both consumers and poultry farmers. Since then, the price of eggs alone has increased by 58 percent, and grocery stores and restaurants have increased the cost of […]

02/03/2017 / By David Gutierrez

Drastic spread of bird flu outbreaks now risking a full-scale human pandemic

An unprecedented number of bird flu outbreaks are taking place simultaneously around the world, featuring a never-before-seen number of new strains of the virus. This situation dramatically raises the risk of a human-to-human transmitting bird flu pandemic, disease experts are warning. “You’ve got more exposures, to more farmers, more often, and in greater numbers, in […]

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