Europe, North America face early wave of bird flu cases

PARIS (Reuters) -An unusually early outbreak of bird flu cases affecting high numbers of wild birds and poultry farms across Europe and North America is raising concerns of a repeat of previous crises that led to mass culling and food ​price spikes. The highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has led to the culling of hundreds of millions of farmed birds in the ‌past few years, disrupting food supplies and driving up prices.