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After confirming the presence of highly pathogenic avian flu in a flock of chickens, nearly 48,000 birds were killed at a north Alabama farm, state agriculture officials said.

A Marshall County commercial pullet farm — one that raises chicks from hatching until they are ready to produce eggs when they are moved to a laying barn — was placed under quarantine after samples were confirmed positive for HPAI, the Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries announced Friday.

HPAI is highly contagious to birds but considered low risk to humans and the virus is not considered a threat to food safety, the department said.

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[-] late_night@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

Genuinely curious: how do you kill 48,000 birds? That's such a large number.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They fill the barn with suffocating foam, if the chickens are lucky.

If the chickens arent lucky, they just turn off the ventillation and close all the hatches. In full sun, the barn heats up to beyond lethal levels and the chickens die slowly of heatstroke.

Many chicken barns have massive euthenasia systems built in, with huge tanks of nitrogen or CO2, and a foam generating sprinkler.

In any case of disease they seal up the barn for days or weeks untill the corpses start to decay and then can be disinfected and sent to landfill.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Never find out how the sausage is made.

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

What do you think they do with all that decayed meat after a few weeks?

Sausage.

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