Deadly bird flu strains created by industrial poultry farms

The Ecologist
Jan 30, 2017, 6:59 am123 pts
As deadly H5Nx bird flu strains diversify in giant, fast-rotation flocks and and adapt to poultry that tens of thousands of human handlers care for and process every day, the emergence of a deadly human-specific flu becomes ever more likely, writes Robert G. Wallace. The industry can no longer blame wild birds…

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