Avian influenza has cost the Iowa poultry industry $1.2
billion this year, according to a study commissioned by the Iowa State Farm
Bureau.
Thirty million egg layers were lost and 1.5 million turkeys.
The state lost 8,400 jobs.
A farmer friend from Iowa told me today that they hauled
dead birds to landfill sites and said that seemed like a dumb idea because it
spread the virus.
Here in Ontario, euthanized birds on three farms were
composted inside the barns, then composted further outside while the barns were
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
