Avian influenza threatens to tighten Mexico’s chicken and egg supplies

Chicken and eggs could be harder to find in parts of Mexico for a while due to an avian influenza outbreak in Sonora and Nuevo León, which could also send prices up for some customers. Nearly 300,000 chickens had to be slaughtered after the bird flu was detected on two farms in the Yaqui Valley near Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, and on one farm in Montemorelos, Nuevo León, according to federal agriculture authorities. Read more