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Amid hostility toward its allies, tariffs, and direct threats to Canada and Denmark over territory, the US is now begging other countries to provide US-ians with eggs.
The US Department of Agriculture is reaching out to other nations in a bid to lower egg prices with bird flu decimating US producton. Convicted felon Trump's insane and counter-productive trade policies and belligerence aren't helping matters.
#USPolitics #BirdFlu #Tariffs #Eggs
reuters.com/world/us/how-many-

If we start vaccinating chickens, that will immediately reduce the price of eggs because all the anti-vaxxers won’t trust them, freeing up the supply for those of us living in a science base world.

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All 3 eaglets are doing well. Mom Jackie is covered in snow, sheltering those sweet babies with her 7000+ waterproof feathers.

The 2 Fort Meyers eaglets died in January after consuming an infected bird that had been fed to them by their parent eagle. The autopsy showed that they were killed by avian flu. Their parents are currently asymptomatic but being closely monitored. For the chicks, their death came after signs of fatigue & seizures. 🌸

"Potential #pandemic": #Veterinarians warn of virus now affecting #pets, focus.de/panorama/welt/potenti

#Scientists are concerned that more and more cases of #birdflu are occurring in #pets . According to a report by the "hna", the #H5N1 virus, known as bird flu, is now also infecting #dogs and #cats. Experts are talking about a "silent pandemic" that primarily affects domestic cats.

Don't worry, Trump & his team are ON IT!

"Scientists are sounding alarms about a genetic mutation that was recently ID'd in 4 dairy cow herds, nearly year after H5N1 #BirdFlu 1st reported in TX dairy cattle.

..researchers have dreaded finding bc it is assoc w increased mammal-to-mammal transmission & disease severity.

Mutation appeared in 1st human case. “Finding the same mutation in cows is significant,” an infectious disease expert said"
latimes.com/environment/story/

Holstein cows at Riverview Dairy in Pixley, California, on March 12, 2020. The liquid part of their manure is directed into a nearby anaerobic digester, which captures methane that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.
Los Angeles Times · Study shows widespread H5N1 bird flu infection in cattleBy Susanne Rust

Harvard Medical School:
Are We on the Cusp of a Major Bird Flu Outbreak?

Scientists weigh in on the spread of H5N1 and highlight clues that portend what might come next

(TLDR; experts are worried, but not in a panic, yet)

hms.harvard.edu/news/are-we-cu

hms.harvard.edu · Are We on the Cusp of a Major Bird Flu Outbreak?Scientists weigh in on the spread of H5N1 and highlight clues that portend what might come next