The Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland agriculture officials say there were no poultry deaths in Maryland after all due to Hurricane Irene.
Julie Oberg, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Department of Agriculture, said Sept. 1 that an earlier report from the department of about 30,000 chicken deaths in Maryland was a mix up that resulted after a conference call with a large number of people about storm damage with Delaware officials.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture had reported the deaths in Maryland on Aug. 30. The department issued a statement the next night saying the deaths had occurred in. . .

