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Industry scrambles to stop fatal bird flu in South Carolina

by Associated Press
| April 12, 2020 12:03 AM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An infectious and fatal strain of bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in South Carolina, the first case of the more serious strain of the disease in the United States since 2017 and a worrisome development for an industry that was devastated by previous outbreaks.

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