Chicken Bird Flu 2024 Wikipedia. Once a highly pathogenic bird flu virus has made its way into a poultry farm, it can spread rapidly and devastate entire flocks. A recent crop of human cases at a chicken farm highlight the risks of the ongoing outbreak.

As of may 30, more than 92 million poultry (primarily chickens) in 48 states have been euthanized because of bird flu since 2022, and 57. Bird flu is fatal in birds and the government requires entire flocks to be culled once the virus is on a farm.