A healthy chicken typically breathes through its closed beak. If a chicken is breathing with its beak open, it may be sick or experiencing stress, such as from heat or anxiety. Respiratory illnesses ...

Whether you already have a backyard chicken coop or are considering investing in some chickens, news about bird flu might have you worried about the potential health risks. Here's what you need to ...

Chicken farmers are reporting a return of Fowl pox, a disease whose symptoms include the development of skin lesions, warts or blisters or growths around the head, mouth, upper respiratory tract, on ...

Using genetic analyses, an international team led by LMU paleogeneticist Laurent Frantz has revealed the evolutionary history of the pathogen of a fatal disease in chickens. A notifiable animal ...

Polish diagnostician Dr. Jaroslaw Wilczynski says to look beyond symptoms, analyze the data and admit where things go wrong ...