Nebraska Reports Highly Lethal Bird Flu in Commercial Chicken Flock

Nebraska Reports Highly Lethal Bird Flu in Commercial Chicken Flock
A flock of chickens are seen at Springfield Farm in Sparks, Md. on Nov. 17, 2012. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Reuters
3/23/2022
Updated:
3/23/2022

CHICAGO—The U.S. state of Nebraska reported on Tuesday an outbreak of highly lethal bird flu in a flock of 570,000 chickens being raised for meat.

Millions of U.S. broiler chickens being raised for meat, egg-laying chickens, and turkeys have been infected with bird flu since February or culled to prevent the spread of the disease.

By Tom Polansek