Cholera — United States
Thousands of turkeys have reportedly died at a Vermont farm due to a bacterial disease that affects domestic and wild birds.
WCAX-TV reports a farm, in Orwell, usually raises and processes 30 000 turkeys each year. But only about half that number will make it to the market this year [2016].
The owner says he thinks a fox carrying the bacteria — fowl cholera –sneaked into one of the barns, killing some turkeys and infecting the rest.
The die-off was reported to state officials, who
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