UPDATE: 73 thousand chickens to be euthanized after bird flu found in Lincoln County farm
The company says it is aggressively responding to the avian influenza found at an unnamed contract farm, which federal and state agriculture departments say is in Lincoln County. All birds within a six-mile radius will be tested. The birds will not be transported unless they test negative for the virus.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says there are more than 73 thousand chickens in this commercial chicken breeder flock. Birds from this flock will not enter the food system, and they will be euthanized in a depopulation effort.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Agriculture officials say a commercial chicken breeding facility in south-central Tennessee has been hit by a strain of bird flu.
The state Agriculture Department says in a news release that tests confirmed the presence of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI, at a facility in Lincoln County. The facility alerted the state veterinarian's office on Friday about an increase in chicken deaths.
The statement did not name the facility. The facility and about 30 other poultry farms within about a six-mile radius of the site are under quarantine.
Officials said HPAI poses no risk to the food supply, and no affected chickens entered the food chain.
The statement says the most recent U.S. detection of HPAI was in January 2016 in a commercial turkey flock in Indiana.
- The Associated Press
- Mar 5, 2017 Updated 7 hrs ago
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The company says it is aggressively responding to the avian influenza found at an unnamed contract farm, which federal and state agriculture departments say is in Lincoln County. All birds within a six-mile radius will be tested. The birds will not be transported unless they test negative for the virus.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says there are more than 73 thousand chickens in this commercial chicken breeder flock. Birds from this flock will not enter the food system, and they will be euthanized in a depopulation effort.
PREVIOUS STORY
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Agriculture officials say a commercial chicken breeding facility in south-central Tennessee has been hit by a strain of bird flu.
The state Agriculture Department says in a news release that tests confirmed the presence of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI, at a facility in Lincoln County. The facility alerted the state veterinarian's office on Friday about an increase in chicken deaths.
The statement did not name the facility. The facility and about 30 other poultry farms within about a six-mile radius of the site are under quarantine.
Officials said HPAI poses no risk to the food supply, and no affected chickens entered the food chain.
The statement says the most recent U.S. detection of HPAI was in January 2016 in a commercial turkey flock in Indiana.
