134M poultry and counting: Interactive charts present hardest-hit counties in chicken flu disaster

by Lauren Cross, Examine Midwest, Examine Midwest
January 21, 2025

by Lauren Cross, Examine Midwest, Examine Midwest
January 21, 2025

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The most recent information from the CDC and USDA present the continued devastating results of chicken flu outbreaks throughout the US – with Iowa, the nation’s main egg producer, struggling substantial losses.  

A reported outbreak Dec. 17, 2024, in Iowa’s Sioux County affected greater than 12.1 million poultry birds — the one largest impression recorded since federal and state authorities officers started monitoring in February 2022, CDC and USDA information present. 

A big outbreak on Jan. 7 impacted 3.31 million birds in Hyde County, North Carolina, making it probably the most extreme incidents up to now in 2025.

On Jan. 17, well being officers in Georgia, the nation’s main state for rooster manufacturing, introduced it was suspending poultry gross sales after detecting chicken flu, for the primary time, in flocks designated for business sale. This current growth isn’t but mirrored within the CDC and USDA databases used for this evaluation.

“This can be a severe risk to Georgia’s #1 business and the livelihoods of hundreds of Georgians who make their residing in our state’s poultry business. We’re working across the clock to mitigate any additional unfold of the illness and be certain that regular poultry actions in Georgia can resume as shortly as doable,” Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper mentioned in a information launch.

Since early 2022, at the least 1,400 outbreaks have been reported in additional than 600 counties nationwide, affecting practically 135 million birds. 

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Different counties experiencing extreme losses embrace Weld County, Colorado, with 9.95 million, and Merced County, California, recording 8.35 million, in response to the information. 

Midwest states with the best variety of birds affected embrace Iowa, Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, and Nebraska.

Whereas some counties skilled single incidents, others, similar to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, endured repeated outbreaks, with as many as 32 incidents and 4.12 million birds affected.

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Meeker County, Minnesota, additionally endured repeated outbreaks, with 17 incidents.

In the meantime, 67 human circumstances have been reported within the U.S. for the reason that flu was first detected in people in 2024, in response to the CDC. 

“Whereas the present public well being danger is low, CDC is watching the state of affairs rigorously and dealing with states to watch folks with animal exposures,” the company acknowledged on its web site, which is frequently up to date with the newest data.

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