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Nearly a million chickens killed at Illinois farm amid bird flu outbreak
Original: Nearly a million chickens killed at Illinois farm amid nation's largest active bird flu outbreak
Nearly a million chickens have been killed at a farm in Illinois as the state deals with the largest active bird flu outbreak in the United States. The mass culling is part of standard efforts to contain the highly contagious avian influenza virus, which has repeatedly devastated poultry flocks across the country. The scale of the loss has drawn attention to the ongoing outbreak and its impact on farmers and egg supplies.
Why now: The culling of nearly a million birds at a single farm highlights the severity of the nation's largest active bird flu outbreak.
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- Nearly a million chickens killed at Illinois farm amid nation's largest active bird flu outbreak · KSDK
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