OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska farming authorities state another 1.8 million chickens needto be eliminated after bird influenza was discovered on a farm in the mostcurrent indication that the breakout that has currently triggered the massacre of more than 50 million birds acrossthecountry continues to spread.
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture stated Saturday that the state’s 13th case of bird influenza was discovered on an egg-laying farm in northeast Nebraska’s Dixon County, about 120 miles (193 kilometers) north of Omaha, Nebraska.
Just like on other farms where bird influenza hasactually been discovered this year, all the chickens on the Nebraska farm will be eliminated to limitation the spreadout of the illness. The U.S. Department of Agriculture states more than 52.3 million birds in 46 states — mainly chickens and turkeys on industrial farms — haveactually been butchered as part