Wow, just when you thought the livestock industry couldn’t get any more ridiculous, they go and feed ground-up chicken waste to cows! It’s like they’re playing a sick game of Russian roulette with our food supply, all in the name of cutting corners and making a quick buck. And now, surprise surprise, we’ve got a bird flu outbreak in US cows! But hey, why stop there? Let’s feed them some pig slop too and see if we can’t kick off a swine flu pandemic while we’re at it. Who needs regulations when you’ve got profits to chase, right? Keep up the stellar work, America.
H5N1: Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
Yes, ground-up chicken waste is being
fed to herbivorous cattle.t.co/z8au1mvkfAt.co/yGlKKqoDJN— CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) April 9, 2024
Fears are growing that the H5N1 outbreak among cattle in the United States could have been caused by contaminated animal feed.
In contrast to Britain and Europe, American farmers are still allowed to feed cattle and other farm animals ground-up waste from other animals including birds.
Dairy cows across six US states – and at least one farm worker – have become infected with the highly pathogenic virus, which has already killed millions of animals across the globe since 2021.
The farm worker, who is thought to have been exposed via infected cattle in Texas, is only the second recorded human H5N1 case in the US. Since February, the US has investigated and discounted a further 8,000 possible exposures, according to Dr Joshua Mott, WHO senior advisor on influenza.
The development is of concern because it allows the virus, which has killed millions of birds and wild mammals around the world, more opportunities to mutate.
h/t S-man