Highly Contagious Bird Flu Forces North Carolina to Cancel Poultry Shows and Public Sales

Chickens gather around a feeder at a farm in Osage, Iowa, on Aug. 9, 2014. Scott Olson/Getty Images

By Gavin Off From The Charlotte Observer

A strain of the avian flu that forced the killing of some 370,000 chickens and turkeys in North Carolina has prompted the state to halt all poultry shows and public sales.