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From the industry perspective, the purpose of culling is to get a head start on the cleanup. Longer downtime will only crimp the egg supply even further.
by FrankWilhoit 2y ago
From the industry perspective, the purpose of culling is to get a head start on the cleanup. Longer downtime will only crimp the egg supply even further.
- duxup 2y agoI think the industry perspective does also consider "this spreading next door is bad" so trying to halt the spread is important and it works.
- stevenwoo 2y agoIt works in other countries, but other countries have much smaller (like 100x-1000x) farms and they also vaccinate their livestock against bird flu. This would cost the USA poultry industry too much profit (going to smaller farms and trade options for non vaccinated eggs are higher). https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24155545/bird-flu-vaccines-h5n1-avian-flu-cows https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24155545/bird-flu-vaccine...