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Updated: 6:54 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 | Posted: 4:38 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015
Georgia's poultry industry on alert as risk of bird flu increases
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Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black gave Channel 2's Tom Regan an alarming weather analogy on the threat of a major outbreak of avian influenza, a deadly disease that could wreak havoc on the state's billion-dollar poultry industry.
"There's a tornado on the ground and clearly we are in the path," Black said.
A worst case outbreak of avian flu could send chicken prices soaring and cost thousands of jobs.
"There will be market impact felt in every consumer household in America," Black said.
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http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local...lu-incr/nngfM/
Georgia's poultry industry on alert as risk of bird flu increases
...
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black gave Channel 2's Tom Regan an alarming weather analogy on the threat of a major outbreak of avian influenza, a deadly disease that could wreak havoc on the state's billion-dollar poultry industry.
"There's a tornado on the ground and clearly we are in the path," Black said.
A worst case outbreak of avian flu could send chicken prices soaring and cost thousands of jobs.
"There will be market impact felt in every consumer household in America," Black said.
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http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local...lu-incr/nngfM/