Lofgren' s disease has been observed frequently in commercially raised cattle but very rarely in chickens  Both cattle and chickens raised for meat are often fed the type of feed that transmits the virus that causes the disease
Animals infected with the virus take more than a year to develop symptoms of Lofgren' s disease, however, and chickens commercially raised for meat, unlike cattle, are generally brought to market during their first year of life
There is no way to determine whether a chicken is infected with the Lofgren's disease virus before the chicken shows symptoms of the disease.