Case of bird flu found in Texas egg factory [Video]

TEXAS, USA — Earlier this week, one of the largest egg producers in the country got a nasty surprise when their chickens and eggs got a strain of bird flu.

Cal-Maine Foods Inc. has temporarily stopped the production of eggs because of this.

According to Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, Cal-Maine only recently discovered the outbreak.

“The owners of the plants have a higher incidence of mortality, so they notified the state veterinarian in Pecos and they did testing,” Commissioner Miller said. “So I believe that was last Monday.”

Bird flu is a disease similar to influenza that normally affects birds, but can affect humans in very rare instances.

Commissioner Miller said a strain was recently found within dairy farms, but hypothesizes that travelling flocks of birds could …