The Moline family lost 56,000 turkeys in total. When the virus hit many birds became critically ill, the rest were euthanised. [Photos: Moline family]
Brad Moline couldn’t be happier. After a tough time in which bird flu contaminated his turkeys, it is finally time to look ahead again. “It is great to have birds back. We are two thirds full now. And the birds are doing well.” The biggest outbreak of an animal disease in the US history also presented some valuable lessons for the Iowa farmer. “If we don’t learn from the process, then that would be failure.”
The 19th of May was a tuesday morning. A typical morning for the Moline fami
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