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USDA awards contracts to two companies for bird flu vaccines
A federal agency has awarded contracts to two companies to manufacture a bird flu vaccine.
Oct 14, 2015
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Eastern poultry producers brace for avian flu this fall as waterfowl migrate
Right now, in the vast prairie pothole region of southern Canada and the United States' upper Midwest, waterfowl are mingling, raising their young and instinctively preparing to migrate, some leaving as early as August.
Jul 22, 2015
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Bird flu found on South Dakota egg-laying chicken farm (Update)
An eastern South Dakota farm with 1.3 million egg-laying chickens is the first in the chicken-production business in the state to be infected with a deadly flu virus despite efforts to prevent it, state and farm officials ...
May 14, 2015
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Branstad declares state of emergency in response to bird flu
A state of emergency was declared Friday by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad with nearly 17 million chickens and turkeys dead, dying or scheduled to be euthanized due to a widening bird flu outbreak.
May 1, 2015
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Bird flu losses likely to top 20M with new cases in Iowa
Agriculture officials say five more farms likely have been affected by the deadly H5N2 bird flu virus, including an egg-laying operation with 5.5 million chickens.
Apr 30, 2015
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Bird flu takes big toll yet as virus hits US chicken farms
Poultry producers and scientists have been hoping warmer weather would knock down a virulent strain of bird flu that has hammered the U.S. Midwest, but the virus recently took its biggest toll yet, hitting a farm in Iowa ...
Apr 21, 2015
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Bird flu confirmed at 1 ND turkey farm, 4 more in Minnesota
A deadly bird flu strain was confirmed Friday at one North Dakota turkey farm and at four more in Minnesota, raising the number of farms affected across the Midwest to 20 and the toll to almost 1.1 million birds since the ...
Apr 11, 2015
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Bird flu confirmed at four more Minnesota turkey farms
A deadly bird flu strain was confirmed Friday at four more turkey farms in Minnesota, raising the number of farms affected in the country's top turkey-producing state to 13 and the toll at farms across the Midwest to over ...
Apr 10, 2015
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Jennie-O turkey farm in Minnesota hit by deadly bird flu
A ninth Minnesota turkey farm has been hit by a form of bird flu that's deadly to poultry, this time in a large Jennie-O-Turkey Store operation that has 310,000 turkeys, federal authorities and company officials said Wednesday.
Apr 8, 2015
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Talking turkey: How bird flu outbreaks are playing out
A deadly strain of bird flu has reached the Midwest, killing or requiring hundreds of thousands of turkeys to be euthanized. Some questions and answers about the outbreak:
Apr 8, 2015
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