STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Although no detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been recorded in the U.S. for more than several months, the toll the virus has taken on the U.S. poultry and egg industry this year is staggering, the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council notes.
The impact of lost exports alone — the result of a flurry of AI-related trade restrictions imposed on imports U.S. poultry and egg products — reached nearly $390 million during the first half of 2015.
In precise terms, the combined value of U.S. poultry and egg exports for the first. . .