The spread of the bird flu will likely affect the price and availability of turkeys this Thanksgiving…

Prices right now, per pound, for an 8 to 16-pound turkey is $1.99 which is up from $1.15 last year. That is a 73% increase.

The bird flu usually spreads during colder months, but this year commercial turkey farms were reporting cases of avian flu in July. This year, 47.6 million birds have been affected while the flu has been detected in 42 states. To control the spread, growers must kill entire flocks, which usually contain about 15,000 birds.