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A bar chart titled “Three Seasons of Bird Flu: Turkeys (Meat Products)” comparing monthly counts of turkeys culled due to bird flu across the 2023, 2024, and 2025 flu seasons (September to August). Bars show turkey losses in yellow, with the highest spikes in October and December 2023 and December 2024. In the 2025 flu season, turkey culling began earlier. The chart notes that 1.2 million turkeys were affected in September and October 2025—20 times higher than the same period in 2024. Data source: USDA APHIS.

Bird Flu Roars Back: What It Means for Thanksgiving

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Since September, turkey and egg farms have lost millions of birds, renewing pressure on food prices and biosecurity

Time to Act on New Bird Flu Spillovers

Time to Act on New Bird Flu Spillovers

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A strategic and biosecurity overview of what could protect U.S. agriculture and people from H5N1 infections