China bans Arkansas poultry after mild avian influenza strain
date:Jul 31, 2013
ts website, USA Poultry Egg Export Council spokesman TobyMoore said.

As an industry we are disappointed because we hoped Chinawould take the high road and not ban the whole state and limitthe ban to the county because it was an isolated incident,Moore said.

Arkansas is the second largest U.S. chicken producer behindGeorgia.

In June, tests found about eight birds in an Arkansas flockof 9,000 breeder chickens in Scott County were positive for theH7N7 low-pathogen avian flu, a state poultry o
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