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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. in Texas required to cull 1.6 million laying hens due to HPAI outbreak

April 02, 2024 01:58 PM • 
Currey McCullough
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Photo via Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Official Website

Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Sid Miller has announced that Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. in Farwell, Texas had a positive test for the High Path Avian Flu (also known as H5N1) virus today.

The Texas Department of Agriculture shared the news on Twitter.

Commissioner Sid Miller will be joining us tomorrow morning with insight on the very latest as the story continues to develop.

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