Soon after, it traveled through Washington and Oregon and then moved towards the Mid-West. In Minnesota, the center of the turkey industry, the virus spread furiously, expanding to Iowa as well, which is one of the largest hubs of the egg industry. Recently reported losses in poultry production and related businesses due to avian influenza are estimated at $310 million in Greater Minnesota (Sandve 1). The reason the virus spread so quickly was because the farms house millions of birds at a time, making the spread of disease a very possible
Soon after, it traveled through Washington and Oregon and then moved towards the Mid-West. In Minnesota, the center of the turkey industry, the virus spread furiously, expanding to Iowa as well, which is one of the largest hubs of the egg industry. Recently reported losses in poultry production and related businesses due to avian influenza are estimated at $310 million in Greater Minnesota (Sandve 1). The reason the virus spread so quickly was because the farms house millions of birds at a time, making the spread of disease a very possible