Feed stores across Washington are selling out of baby chickens, as people try to get around high egg prices at the market. But there are downsides to having a backyard flock, such as cost and ...

Chickens in 'flockdown' to counter bird flu. Picture: John Nurden The Scottish Government has now confirmed that these restrictions were lifted on Tuesday this week (April 22). A spokesman said: ...

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 ...

Since mid-December 2003, a growing number of countries, starting in south east Asia, have reported outbreaks of bird flu in chickens and ducks. The virus can spread rapidly through flocks of ...

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.

Shukan Gendai (April 5-12) pays tribute to the unseen, unsung, rarely heard workers to whose lot falls the culling of chickens infected by avian influenza – bird flu. There’s an outbreak just about ...

As the H5N1 bird flu virus mutates and rapidly spreads through American cattle herds — a first for the U.S. — doctors and veterinarians are fearful that if the virus is left unchecked ...

In 2019, chickens on its farms produced just over ... include heat treatment and high-pressure processing. H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry ...

Foxes, raccoons, striped skunks and domestic cats have tested positive for the bird flu across six Texas counties, state wildlife officials announced. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ...