300,000 Chickens Killed After Avian Flu Reported
From Times Wire Reports
More than 300,000 chickens on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay were destroyed to stem a fresh outbreak of avian influenza.
The flu has infected birds in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey in recent weeks and is threatening the heart of the region’s economy.
The most recent outbreak -- discovered in Pocomoke City -- was the first on a commercial farm in Maryland, where poultry is responsible for about a third of the state’s $1.4-billion-a-year agriculture industry.
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