There Go The Egg Prices Again: Bird Flu Found In Chickens

By Susie Madrak — April 3, 2024

Well, looks like egg prices will be going up again. Via the Washington Post:

The largest egg producer in the United States said Tuesday that it temporarily ceased operations at one of its Texas facilities after detecting bird flu in chickens — the latest in a steady uptick of cases among U.S. farm animals in recent weeks.

Cal-Maine Foods said it culled about 1.6 million hens and 337,000 pullets (young hens) after some of its chickens at a Parmer County, Texas, facility tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), caused by influenza A viruses that spread widely among wild and domestic birds.

A dairy worker in Texas was being treated for the virus that causes avian influenza, becoming only the second known human case in the United States, state and federal officials said Monday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the person tested positive for H5N1 bird flu.

“The largest producer of fresh eggs in the United States said Tues that it has stopped production at a #Texas plant after #BirdFlu was found in chickens: ‘The rapid spread of this virus means we must act quickly.’” 👀 #MedTwitter #AvianFlu #PublicHealth https://t.co/GbN9yPcvw2

— Tatiana Prowell, MD (@tmprowell) April 2, 2024

Genetic analysis of avian flu virus from infected dairy worker out already!

CDC doing very speedy work

Finding? One change that allows virus to better infect mammals but nothing to raise concern for human-human transmission

This is as expected. And goodhttps://t.co/Gqqz0SyTzs

— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) April 3, 2024

“@CDCgov & the whole US govt is taking this situation very seriously. We had not seen #AvianFlu in cattle prior to last week. That is new. It’s a reservoir for virus to circulate & potentially, change.” - @CDCDirector https://t.co/DoSjQOE9uK

#MedTwitter #BirdFlu #PublicHealth

— Tatiana Prowell, MD (@tmprowell) April 3, 2024

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