• Drusas@fedia.io
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    4 months ago

    If the birds weren’t kept in such horrifically constricted locations, many millions wouldn’t need to die.

  • tal@lemmy.today
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    4 months ago

    But vaccination could put poultry meat exporters (whose birds are genetically less susceptible to H5N1 than laying hens) at risk of losing billions of dollars in international trade deals.

    This sounds like maybe a good time to start looking for a more-resistant crossbreed between meat and egg chickens. I mean, it probably doesn’t take long to make up for some loss in egglaying production from a hybrid breed if we’re losing massive numbers of chickens on a regular basis.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 months ago

    Here’s an idea - maybe, just maybe - factory farming at scale to feed the SAD is something that won’t end well for humans either? I mean, beyond the health problems it already causes…

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    4 months ago

    People, Trump promised he was going to do something about this, but you all voted for President Musk anyway.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 months ago

      I wonder if it would work to administer at that kind of scale? Or maybe they only have so much and are keeping it in reserve for humans for now?