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Avian Flu Outbreak Takes Poultry Producers Into Uncharted Territory

Peggy Lowe and Sarah Boden

Avian influenza is ravaging poultry flocks across the Upper Midwest. The virus is "doing things we've never seen it do before," and understanding about transmission is very limited, a scientist says.