Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Avian Flu Risk is Greater Due To Chicken CAFOs
Chickens raised for food are housed in cramped, unsanitary conditions that are breeding grounds for viruses. “The killer H5N1 mutant is a virus of our own hatching,” said Michael Greger, M.D., HSUS director of public health and animal agriculture. “Cramming tens of thousands of chickens bred to be almost genetically identical into filthy sheds to stand and lay beak-to- beak in their own feces is a recipe for increasing the virulence and transmission of this virus.” The HSUS is currently preparing a report on the connection between factory farming and avian influenza.
Humane Society of the United States
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