LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — More than 3 million additional birds have been affected by avian flu in Lancaster County. The number of cases in the county is more than half of the cases reported nationwide.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a commercial table egg layer in Lancaster County reported 2,641,200 birds affected by avian flu. Additionally, there have been 393,300 commercial table egg pullets (young chickens) affected in the county.
The 2.6 million birds recently affected is the largest outbreak reported in the state this year. Previously, the largest was more than 1.5 million in Lancaster County, which was reported from a commercial table egg layer in Lancaster County on January 28…