
A Bird Flu Pandemic Hovering on the Horizon
The Naked Scientists Podcast
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What's the Impact of High Path Avian Influenza on Poultry Farms?
The US and North America as a whole had a large outbreak a few years ago. The thing that has differentiated this outbreak from past ones is that it appears that this virus is much better at replicating and transmitting among wild birds. Another thing about this outbreak that is unique is that we're seeing a much larger number of mammal infections. And I'm sure a lot of people have noticed with egg and chicken shortages starting to appear at supermarkets.
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