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CHICAGO, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Arkansas, a major U.S. chicken producer, has reported its first outbreak of lethal avian flu in a commercial poultry flock in a year, as the nation sees an uptick in cases...
The outbreak is set to expand export restrictions on U.S. poultry in major producing states as buyers limit purchases from infected areas...
Arkansas, the third biggest producer of chickens raised for meat, last suffered an outbreak on a commercial farm in October 2022 in the same county...
Cases tend to increase during the spring and autumn migration of wild birds that transmit the virus, and infected poultry flocks are culled to prevent the disease from spreading...
"We have taken immediate action to contain this disease," Arkansas Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward said.. Alabama, the second biggest U.S. producer of chickens for meat, last week confirmed its first outbreak at a commercial farm, in a flock of 296,500 gamebirds, according to the U.S. government..
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