WASHINGTON —

Cases of the avian or bird flu have fallen, leaving little to no impact on your Thanksgiving menu.

The White House highlighted that egg prices are down 86% from their ultra-high prices earlier this year when cases of the disease spiked. Infections don't really impact chicken or turkey meat.

"You can have those hens in the barns laying eggs for years, but the birds that go into your chicken patties and roast chicken, they're only in the barn for about six weeks," said Michael Swanson, Wells Fargo Chief Agricultural Economist . "When we lose a barn of turkeys ... they replace them pretty quickly."

However, the situation is expected to change soon.

The Department of Agriculture says it expects a bad bird flu season, as migrating birds can pass the disease to poultry and

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