One of our very first actions at USDA a year ago was launching a comprehensive $1 billion plan to combat avian flu and bring egg prices down. That plan is working HPAI cases in commercial poultry and turkey flocks are down 61% over this time last year. and the number of birds affected are down 46% now. We still have a lot of work to do. Making progress of course, the price of eggs has plummeted as well. (04:50–04:58)
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Asserts that HPAI cases in commercial poultry and turkey flocks have decreased by 61%.
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