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Authorities destroy chickens with exotic Newcastle disease: 100,000 birds killed in California
The Desert Sun ^
| Dec. 28, 2002
| Dennis A. Britton
Posted on 12/28/2002 9:38:15 AM PST by madfly
Edited on 05/07/2004 5:43:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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State authorities this week have destroyed more than 100,000 chickens near Riverside after tests confirmed that the highly virulent exotic Newcastle disease has spread from backyard flocks to commercial poultry farms in the area.
State and federal agriculture officials imposed a three-county quarantine Nov. 13 after the disease was diagnosed in a backyard flock on Oct. 1.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; US: California
KEYWORDS: amazonparrots; cagedbirds; chickens; newcastledisease; usda
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posted on
12/28/2002 9:38:15 AM PST
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madfly
To: Free the USA; Libertarianize the GOP; Carry_Okie; Sabertooth; Mercuria
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posted on
12/28/2002 9:39:18 AM PST
by
madfly
To: madfly
bump
To: madfly
We would do well to remember that bio-warfare need not be restricted to human targets.
I'm not contending that this outbreak is a manifestation of terrorism. But, for example, there is good reason to wonder about the foot & mouth outbreak in Britain several years ago.
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posted on
12/28/2002 9:45:04 AM PST
by
okie01
To: madfly
100,000 birds killed in California
Soon to be followed by a new one dollar menu at KFC.
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posted on
12/28/2002 9:49:20 AM PST
by
July 4th
To: madfly
Here is a chance for the city of Tulsa to clean up it's Spavinaw River water supply by importing this disease into NW ARK and Eastern Oklahoma. Tyson's has already pulled the plug on it's hog farms, only the chicken farms are left!
To: MeeknMing; Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
12/28/2002 10:04:51 AM PST
by
madfly
To: okie01
>100,000 birds killed in California
>> I'm not contending that this outbreak is a manifestation of terrorism. But...
I'm not contending
that California is run
by voodoo freaks, but...
To: madfly
destroyed more than 100,000 chickens Oh, the humanity! Er, I mean, the, um ... chickenity.
To: madfly; sarcasm
Contamination of our food supply with poultry plague.
Another NAFTA side effect?
To: Larry Lucido
Oh, the humanity! Er, I mean, the, um ... chickenity.KNOCK it off, you dumb cluck!
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posted on
12/28/2002 11:17:19 AM PST
by
Phil V.
To: madfly
...exotic Newcastle disease.... Chickens addicted to warm British brewskies? Ya kill them for that? Come on, hops and barley?
To: okie01; madfly
We would do well to remember that bio-warfare need not be restricted to human targets. I'm not contending that this outbreak is a manifestation of terrorism. But, for example, there is good reason to wonder about the foot & mouth outbreak in Britain several years ago.
Agreed on all points.
To: madfly
To: Larry Lucido
You beat me to it.
To: madfly
Move the chicken ranches to the outback!
To: madfly
Call PETA. Outlaw Chickens in California! ( After all, they outlaw everything else.)
Eat chicken shaped tofu instead.:-P
To: madfly
bttt
To: madfly
Well all those Mexican chicken farmers can breath a sigh of relief now ..there will no cheap chicken "flooding" their markets..convenient huh?
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posted on
12/28/2002 2:06:05 PM PST
by
RnMomof7
To: madfly
WERE THESE CHICKENS AT BERKLEY?
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