{"id":125364,"date":"2022-02-15T02:40:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T02:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=125364"},"modified":"2022-02-15T02:40:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T02:40:59","slug":"bird-flu-detected-in-kentucky-virginia-indiana-as-outbreak-widens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/economy\/bird-flu-detected-in-kentucky-virginia-indiana-as-outbreak-widens\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird flu detected in Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana as outbreak widens"},"content":{"rendered":"
AgAmerica CEO Brian Philpot addresses how inflation has impacted the farming industry.<\/p>\n
Avian flu has now been detected in flocks of birds in Virginia and Kentucky, just days after Indiana officials had to euthanize 29,000 turkeys due to the spread of the virus, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. <\/p>\n
Dozens of wild birds have tested positive along the East Coast in recent weeks, including three in the Carolinas last month. Avian flu usually does not cause any symptoms in wild birds, but it can be deadly in domestic poultry. <\/p>\n
Birds at a commercial turkey farm in Southern Indiana contracted the virus last week, forcing officials to cull 29,000 turkeys in an attempt to stop the spread.<\/p>\n