The steep loss from the top egg-producing state triggered a disaster proclamation from Iowa's governor.
  • usernamesAreTrickyOP
    27·
    20 days ago

    The method of mass killing are quite brutal too. In the last outbreaks, primarily these were the two primary methods:

    Ventilation shutdown (VSD) is a means to kill livestock by suffocation and heat stroke in which airways to the building in which the livestock are kept are cut off. It is used for mass killing — usually to prevent the spread of diseases such as avian influenza. Animal rights organizations have called the practice unethical. The addition of carbon dioxide or additional heat to the enclosure is known as ventilation shutdown plus (VSD+).[1][2][3][4][5]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilation_shutdown

    Foam depopulation or foaming is a means of mass killing farm animals by spraying foam over a large area to obstruct breathing and ultimately cause suffocation.[1] It is usually used to attempt to stop disease spread.[2] Foaming has also been used to kill farm animals after backlogs in slaughtering occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Foam depopulation has been used on poultry and pigs and has seen initial research for use on cattle.[4] It has faced criticism from some groups. Some veterinarians have called it inhumane,[5] along with many animal rights and animal welfare organizations who cite the pain caused by suffocation or the harm experienced by the stray survivors.[6][7]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foam_depopulation

    • lenz
      15·
      19 days ago

      I’ve seen videos of the ventilation bs. To call it awful and disgusting is an understatement. They get slow cooked alive and take hours to die and they scream for all of it until they can’t scream anymore. And there’s hundreds of them. Hundreds of screaming voices dying in absolute agony. For hours. It’s literally the Brazen Bull. It’s torture, full stop. I can’t believe we allow this bs to be done to anything that can feel pain and suffer.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    2·
    20 days ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected among a massive flock of egg-laying chickens in Sioux County, Iowa, officials confirmed.

    The last case of the virus was detected in a backyard mixed species in December, and the last time commercial egg-laying chickens were hit in the state was last November, also in Sioux County.

    It also marks the largest number of chickens in a flock impacted by the virus so far this year nationwide, according to data from the USDA.

    An official with the state’s agriculture department also confirmed the number of birds impacted this week, telling CBS News that “depopulation is ongoing.”

    Last week, an egg farm in Iowa’s northern neighbor Minnesota was also hit by the avian flu, affecting just under 1.4 million of the birds.

    According to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, chickens and turkeys that are hit with a highly pathogenic strain “may have difficulty breathing or die suddenly.”

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  • ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world
    2·
    19 days ago

    That’s it. We’ll all be living off of Annie’s Cheddar Bunnies and Amy’s Organic Bean and “Cheese” Vegan freezer burritos soon! First the cows were affected, now the chickens. Good luck grocery shopping!