Georgia - State slaughters chickens in bird flu scare

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State slaughters chickens in bird flu scare

1:51 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |

State officials on Tuesday confiscated and slaughtered three Georgia chicken flocks over concerns some of the birds were exposed to a devastating strain of bird flu.
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State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Cobb told the AJC that Georgians at all locations purchased eggs or baby chicks from the same farm in Iowa. That farm had not tested positive for the avian flu when the purchases were made but has subsequently been found to be infected.
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Cobb said none of the three farms affected were commercial operations. Instead, all were smaller farms where eggs and chickens are grown mostly for personal use. Georgia was contacted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the farm in Iowa was proven to be infected, Cobb said.

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3:26 PM WED JUNE 17, 2015

No Bird Flu In Ga., Officials Want To Keep It That Way

By WABE STAFF

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Georgia Department of Agriculture officials confiscated and slaughtered three flocks of chickens on three small farms in central Georgia Tuesday.

The chickens were ordered over the internet from a breeder in Iowa and may have been exposed to a strain of the avian flu ? the same strain that has so far led to the destruction of more than 50 million birds, mostly in the Midwest.

State veterinarian Robert Cobb said the U.S. Department of Agriculture notified 37 states, including Georgia, that these chickens from Iowa might have bird flu.

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