Iowa egg facility reports bird flu outbreak that will require killing 1.1 million hens
DES MOINES, Iowa — Wright County, Iowa, reported its first bird flu case this year, hitting a commercial egg-laying facility that will result in 1.1 million chickens being destroyed to contain the highly contagious and deadly virus, the Iowa Department of Agriculture reported Monday. It’s the second case of highly pathogenic avian influenza this fall, likely…