Nearly 1 million chickens culled at one Minnesota egg producer due to bird flu

It's the largest poultry toll at a single commercial operation in Minnesota during the current outbreak

Nov 08, 20230

Associated Press-NYT count

Nearly 1 million egg-laying chickens have been culled at a single Minnesota farm in Wright County because of a bird flu outbreak.

Nearly 1 million chickens have been culled at a Minnesota egg operation, by far the largest death toll at a single Minnesota poultry farm during the current bird flu outbreak that started last year.

The farm, located in Wright County, had 940,000 egg-laying chickens when the virus was detected earlier this month. Disease management protocol requires all birds at an operation where the virus is detected be culled to lessen the spread.

In Minnesota about 5.5 million birds, mostly turkeys, have been killed by the virus or culled to prevent its spread in the state since early 2022, according to the state Board of Animal Health.

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