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Virginia researchers are working to detect HPAI in poultry

March 31, 2025 01:38 PM • 
RFD-TV News Staff, Currey McCullough

Research is a big part of the strategy to tackle High-Path Avian Flu, and USDA will spend $10 million in the coming months on studies around the virus.

Virginia is home to one of the country’s most concentrated poultry regions. The state’s Farm Bureau shows us how researchers there are putting the dollars to work.

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