Rollins today provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s comprehensive, five-pronged strategy announced in February to combat Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI ... challenging ...

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins recently shared progress on the USDA’s five-step plan to fight Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and support egg affordability. Since the plan began ...

TONOPAH, Ariz. — State agriculture officials announced Friday a fourth commercial farm in Maricopa County has tested positive for the avian flu. Meanwhile, the egg company at the center of the ...

The outbreak has since been linked to the H5N1 strain of bird flu, a virus that continues to mutate and occasionally jump to other species, raising concern among experts.

As bird flu struck in early 2022, ... “The recent outbreak of avian flu at our westside farms was a tragedy that did not have to happen,” Hickman says in his post.

The study hasn’t tested if the vaccine protects adult dairy cows from bird flu. The USDA reports 17 cattle herds have been infected in Idaho in May, the highest of any state in the last month.

Since then, the Brazilian government has processed over 4,000 samples and confirmed some 171 bird flu outbreaks, mainly among wild animals. Addressing a panel, ... Site Map. Store.

This disease began in the mid-1990s in Asia and has subsequently spread to all parts of the globe from migratory birds. Influenza viruses are challenging to manage because they are highly infectious, ...

Brazil's first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu on a commercial chicken farm was confirmed on May 16, triggering regional and country trade embargoes, which hurt exporters and increased ...

Brazil's Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro said on Wednesday there were strong indications that the world's biggest chicken exporter had efficiently contained a bird flu outbreak which was reported ...

Local businesses are bracing for potential shortages after bird flu hit the largest egg producer in the Southwestern U.S. Hickman’s Family Farms reported losing 95% of its chickens in Arizona to bird ...