Salute · Avian influenzaClinton County bird flu: Affected egg flock reported at 934,600 birdsScritto 25 ottobre 2026 alle ore 22:13 UTCGuardaTrascrizione0:07Bird flu has reached an egg, producing flock of nearly a million birds.0:11The Illinois operation is part of the supply chain for table eggs, putting a large0:15laying flock inside the outbreak response.0:17The unresolved issue is how many birds died and whether killing and disposal at the0:20farm are complete.0:21Village officials identified the affected operation as Rose Acre Farms outside0:25Germantown in Clinton County.0:27The reported confirmation date is October19,2026.0:31The infection is highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu.0:36The farm raises laying hens for egg production.0:38That puts the immediate production concern in the egg supply chain, rather than0:42poultry raised primarily for meat.0:44The affected flock reportedly contains nine hundred and thirty-four six hundred0:48birds.0:48That figure measures the flock's population.0:51A positive finding confirms infection within the flock, while the number of0:54individual birds infected or lost requires a separate count.0:58Nearly one million chickens were reportedly killed in the response.1:01The precise death toll hasn't been confirmed.1:03Birds that die from the disease and birds killed to control it are different parts1:07of that total.1:08A disruption at a laying operation this size could tighten egg supplies and push1:12prices higher.1:12Those are possible consequences.1:14No measured change in egg supplies or retail prices has been tied to this flock.1:18Illinois nine hundred and thirty four six hundred bird flock dwarfed other1:22detections listed for October nineteenth through twenty-second.1:25North Dakota had sixty, six hundred birds, Wisconsin40,1 ,400 Kansas20 ,91:310 , and South Dakota20 .1:33That comparison covers the recent detections listed.1:35A national ranking of active outbreaks would also need to show which farms remained1:39under restrictions on the same date.1:41These recent detections alone can't settle that ranking.1:44The wider commercial poultry outbreak stretches back to February8,2020 ,2 , when the1:49first US commercial flock case was confirmed.1:52The agriculture department monitors commercial poultry operations, backyard flocks,1:56and wild birds.1:57Confirmation of inching comes before completion of the response.2:00Officials haven't confirmed how the losses divide between disease deaths and birds2:04killed to control the outbreak.2:06They also haven't confirmed when killing and disposal at this farm were completed.Leggi l’articoloCronologia della storiaHeyDexIl video breve ↗
