--- title: Bird Flu Hits Tennessee Chicken Farm With Tyson Foods Ties description: Bird flu had been detected in a Tennessee chicken farm contracted with Tyson Foods and 73,500 chickens will be culled as a result canonical: https://time.com/4691883/bird-flu-tennessee-tyson/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-06T16:39:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:40:49.928Z article:section: Health og:title: Bird Flu Hits Tennessee Chicken Farm That Supplies Tyson Foods og:description: Bird flu had been detected in a Tennessee chicken farm contracted with Tyson Foods and 73,500 chickens will be culled as a result og:url: https://time.com/4691883/bird-flu-tennessee-tyson/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbc6a3710eef9994/6988bd1df887dc2102e9951a/china-bird-flu-tyson-tennessee.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4302 og:image:height: 2420 og:image:alt: china bird flu tyson tennessee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bird Flu Hits Tennessee Chicken Farm That Supplies Tyson Foods twitter:description: Bird flu had been detected in a Tennessee chicken farm contracted with Tyson Foods and 73,500 chickens will be culled as a result twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbc6a3710eef9994/6988bd1df887dc2102e9951a/china-bird-flu-tyson-tennessee.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bird Flu Hits Tennessee Chicken Farm That Supplies Tyson Foods > Sponsored content. 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A nurse prepares medication for an H7N9 bird flu patient in a hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on Feb. 12. STR/AFP/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Mar 6, 2017 4:39 PM UTC [Bird flu](http://time.com/4582063/germany-turkey-bird-flu/) was detected in a Tennessee [chicken farm](http://www.extracrispy.com/food/1713/cage-free-egg-labels-dont-always-mean-what-you-think) contracted with Tyson Foods and 73,500 chickens will be culled as a result, federal officials [said](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/news/sa%5Fby%5Fdate/sa-2017/hpai-tn) Sunday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said the discovery was the first case this year of highly pathogenic H7 avian influenza (HPAI) in U.S. commercial poultry. Farmers reported to authorities on Friday that an unusually large number of chickens had died, and tests over the weekend confirmed HPAI as the cause. The USDA said it was working with state and company officials to ensure “birds from the flock will not enter the food system.” “We’re responding aggressively, and are working with state and federal officials to contain the virus by euthanizing chickens located on the farm,” Tyson Foods said in a [statement](http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/05/us/bird-flu-tennessee/) to CNN. “All flocks located within a 6-mile radius of the farm will be tested and will not be transported unless they test negative for the virus.” USDA said in a statement that humans should avoid contact with sick or dead poultry. 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