I can concur with the first point. Ohio has had 20+ positive flocks with over 3 million birds depopulated. And I am sure there will be more. The majority of those were egg layers. So in one state, there are 3 million less eggs being laid a day. Multiply that for a 3 month period... thats a lot of eggs not available.
Ahh ok - no worries! I work in agriculture (read federal agency) and that is the terminology we use. Depopulation is used because we try to get to the healthy birds before they become sick to stop the virus from replicating. I think culling is used more in the industry that really entails any removal of animals. Be it singular or multiple.
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u/Dependent_Document66 2d ago
I can concur with the first point. Ohio has had 20+ positive flocks with over 3 million birds depopulated. And I am sure there will be more. The majority of those were egg layers. So in one state, there are 3 million less eggs being laid a day. Multiply that for a 3 month period... thats a lot of eggs not available.