Officials in Alabama and Tennessee have stated that no farms near the Tennessee chicken farm that tested positive for avian influenza have shown and incidence of bird flu. According to WAFF News, sampled poultry within a six-mile radius of the affected farm have tested negative for the virus.
It was reported earlier this week that the Tennessee farm tested positive for avian influenza. More than 70,000 chickens at the farm, which was a contract grower for Tyson Foods, were euthanized.