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Live bird markets in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County will be shut down for a week after seven cases of avian flu in poultry were found at live bird markets in Brooklyn, the Bronx ...
All live bird markets in New York City and several neighboring counties were ordered to be closed on Friday after inspectors found seven cases of bird flu. ... no poultry can be delivered to live ...
The surge in cases led Gov. Kathy Hochul to temporarily shut down all live poultry markets in New ... “Cats have an increased risk if they are in contact with poultry or dairy cows on farms or ...
Poultry was shipped live or killed, plucked, and packed on ice (but not eviscerated). Two kinds of poultry were generally offered: broilers or "spring chickens" , young male chickens, a byproduct of the egg industry, which were sold when still young and tender (generally under 3 pounds live weight); and "fowls" or "stewing hens", also a ...
Officials in New York City, United States, order the closure of all live poultry markets in the city as well as in the surrounding suburban counties of Westchester, Suffolk, and Nassau due to an increase in cases of avian influenza.
Poultry of the world (c. 1868) Poultry (/ ˈ p oʊ l t r i /) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of harvesting animal products such as meat, eggs or feathers. [1] The practice of raising poultry is known as poultry farming.
As health officials try to understand how H5N1 got into Bay Area wastewater, they are pointing to live bird markets. But questions remain. Live poultry markets may be source of bird flu virus in ...
Later, feed mills extended credit to farmers to purchase feed to produce the live chickens. Eventually entrepreneurs consolidated feed mill, hatchery and processing operations, resulting in the beginnings of the integrated industry. [citation needed] Chickens were typically sold "New York dressed," with only the blood and feathers removed.