Specialists have stressed that a bird flu "pandemic" could be on its way after almost 1,000 cow herds have been hit by the ...

Bird flu is continuing to spread in New York City ... even claiming some markets were hawking “visibly sickly-looking” chickens to unsuspecting customers – the ban was lifted on Feb. 19.

Bird flu outbreaks have forced tens of millions of chickens to be culled across nine states over the past year as more hotspots continue to emerge. So far, the Department of Agriculture has ...

A team led by UC Davis poultry scientist Huaijun Zhou has created the first comprehensive map of gene regulation in breeds of chickens. The map could be ... continues to battle a widespread outbreak ...

with the infection spreading from chickens to workers at the farm. Earlier this month the first death of a person from H5N1 bird flu was reported in Louisiana, but no person-to-person transmission ...

Joy O’Keefe, an associate professor and wildlife extension specialist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said the risk of bird flu for backyard chickens depends on a few factors.

but bird flu can linger in raw food if it’s sourced from infected poultry — for instance, from chickens that were culled due to an outbreak. “The animals that were depopulated could ...

The continued outbreak of bird flu has resulted in the culling of more than 30 million poultry birds across nine states this year. That’s about 10 million more than the last quarter of 2024.

as long as they keep the feeders clean and don't also have backyard chickens or other waterfowl. Michigan's songbird population is not as susceptible to avian influenza - or bird flu - as ...

"This is the most complete picture we've ever had of how genes work in chickens," said Zhou ... to battle a widespread outbreak of bird flu, a strain of H5N1 influenza that has affected more ...

with the infection spreading from chickens to workers at the farm. Earlier this month the first death of a person from H5N1 bird flu was reported in Louisiana, but no person-to-person transmission ...