Chicken fix.
Chicken Fix: Quarantines on poultry shipments coming out of California were lifted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the deadly Newcastle disease Newcastle disease, pneumoencephalitis, acute viral disease of domestic poultry. Newcastle disease is characterized by sneezing, coughing, and nervous behavior. Affected birds may show tremors, circling, falling, twisting of the head and neck, or complete paralysis. , which kills chickens but does not pose a threat to humans, appears to be under control. In addition to the quarantine quarantine (kwŏr`əntēn), isolation of persons, animals, places, and effects that carry or are suspected of harboring communicable disease. , more than 3 million birds were destroyed in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . As of last week, only 22 farms were still under quarantine.
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