Producers take extra steps to keep flocks healthy

Producers take extra steps to keep flocks healthy

The continued spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza has many poultry producers making changes to prevent the spread of the disease.

Val Nasir raises chickens for Perdue Farms in Maryland.  “We have separate boots for every single chicken house that we have,” she says. “As soon as you walk into our anteroom, you’re going to take off the shoes that you’re wearing, and you’re going put on the boots that go into those chicken house.   

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