Georgia Poultry Farmers Continue to Take Precaution

The Avian Influenza virus has already struck in some parts of the U.S. this winter, but so far, it has not affected the poultry industry in Georgia.

Earlier this month over 400,000 turkeys and chickens were affected at poultry farms in southern Indiana because the virus had spread there.

Over the past year, Georgia’s poultry industry has been working closely with the CDC and the Georgia Poultry Association to educate farmers on ways to prevent the spread of the virus, which usually hits in the winter months when wild water fowl is actively migrating.

In Georgia, poultry farming is a $6-billion dollar industry.