PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu. Following government rules, Weber’s company, Sunrise Farms, had to slaughter its entire flock of egg-laying hens 550,000 birds to prevent the disease from infecting other farms in Sonoma County north of […]
A year after the bird flu led to record egg prices and widespread shortages, the disease known as highly pathogenic avian influenza is wreaking havoc in.
Avian flu is back at it, and once again it s taken a toll on the ‘Egg Basket of the World’. Experts advise Californian farm owners to take adequate measures.
California faces a severe avian flu outbreak, forcing poultry farmers to cull millions of birds, impacting egg prices and posing challenges to the poultry industry