January 31, 2023 News Editor Spotlight Comments Offon Worst Bird Flu Outbreak in U.S. History Kills Millions

Worst Bird Flu Outbreak in U.S. History Kills Millions

RIVERDALE, Maryland, January 31, 2023 (ENS) –Wild birds and commercially raised chickens alike are dropping dead from bird flu by the millions across the United States. Red-tailed hawks and great horned owls in Wyoming, American and Canadian wild birds along the Atlantic coast and across the Midwest, and 58.2 million birds in commercial and backyard poultry flocks in 47 states have died in the past year, reports the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

That number of 58.2 million birds affected is way over the largest previous bird flu outbreak in the United States in 2015 that affected 50.5 million birds in just 21 states.

Domestic poultry that can be affected include chickens; turkeys; ring-necked pheasants; ducks; geese; common, Japanese…