This sign is common in many areas of Minnesota. Driving back from Perham to Brainerd last weekend, we saw this sign on every chicken and turkey house along Highway 10. Read the following article on the benefits of pastured poultry and the importance of strong immune systems in poultry operations.
Brunnquell’s company has 1.2 million chickens that live either in an enclosed outdoor area or a pasture, but he has moved them indoors until the virus is no longer a threat. Brunnquell theorized that free-range, pasture and backyard chickens are surviving the virus threat because they have stronger immune systems than chickens that live inside buildings in cages.
McGraw said the virus is being spread by rodents, waterfowl flying over the commercial facilities and by people, machinery or tools who come in contact with it and then unknowingly track it to a commercial facility.
Read more: http://host.madison.com/business/as-bird-flu-costs-mount-for-egg-industry-questions-arise/article_16af6e17-45cf-5a17-bf67-a003056b3e58.html#ixzz3aQxmOEYm
No comments:
Post a Comment