Sylvain Charlebois is a food expert at Dalhousie University and says that shuttering a plant for an extended period of time could result in the need to euthanize a significant number of chickens.“In Quebec, there was a situation where a poultry facility had to close and they had to euthanize over two million chickens,” he said.“I honestly believe that for farmers, that is a scenario that is likely on the table right now, euthanizing a lot of chicken.” COVID-19 outbreak closes poultry processing plant in Berwick, N.S.