It should be noted that there are nearly 380 million egg-laying chickens and more than 9 billion broiler chickens in the U.S. Despite the spread of bird flu in animals, experts say the risk of ...
Bird flu outbreaks led to the loss of 13.2 million egg-laying chickens in December 2024, according to the USDA’s weekly overview. Those losses, which occurred during the annual period of peak ...