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Mamanfu t1_j4rou78 wrote

Reply to comment by byfpe in Why do poultry producers kill their stock when they get bird flu, rather than keeping survivors to reproduce? by poorbill

I'm confused, the survivors of any avian four would not have any virus. They would, actually, have immunity to the avian flu and thus be more safe than those who didn't have any protection to begin with? Although this can't be passed onto new members, aren't they "golden eggs" (no pun intended) because they will survive even if another virus spreads through the farm? Explain

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byfpe t1_j4rrh0t wrote

Your logic is right. But note farms kill their birds quickly after the flu is detected, infected or healthy. They cannot test all birds, so there could potentially be some birds that got the virus before and survived, or inmune ones. But because of the risk involved all are killed.
So there is little time to actually have survivors.

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Mamanfu t1_j4rrtn9 wrote

Ahh okay and another thing I hear being mentioned is it being SPREAD to another farm? How is it being spread if the birds are stationary.

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byfpe t1_j4rtfso wrote

Checkout u/mtv2002 reply higher in the post. Farms might have common personnel, equipment, visitors,etc. after all its a business. So many ways to spread the virus through various surfaces. Not a virologist, but air transmission might be possible.

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