South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the ...

Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are ...

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

Avian influenza spreads in birds, cows and other animals, and it can sometimes spread to people. In the United States, there has been 68 total reported human cases and one death.

H5N1 is a specific strain of influenza A virus, also known as bird flu. The avian flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease that primarily affects birds, but can also infect other animals ...

In order to prevent avian influenza from spreading amongst birds who come into the World Bird Sanctuary, Klebe said staff has implemented a wide variety of protocols. When avian flu cases were first ...

Avian flu is not just for the birds; cases have been reported in the United States in dairy cows, as well as types of cats, a fox, a seal, and most recently, ...

A falcon in Whatcom County became the United States’ first confirmed wild bird to succumb to the highly pathogenic avian influenza in 2012, and major outbreaks hit the state’s wild birds in 2022.

Bird flu has also infected dairy cattle in 14 states, including Idaho and California. The Washington Department of Agriculture asked birds owners to report unusual illnesses or mortalities by ...

According to the CDC, Bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses that usually spread between birds, not people. Most human cases of bird flu in the U.S. have been mild so far, ...

Evaluating Potential Indicators of Welfare for Zoo Birds during an Avian Influenza Enforced Housing Order. Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens , 2024; 5 (3): 416 DOI: 10.3390/jzbg5030028 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Birds with avian flu have been found in the Kansas City metro. “We are seeing random cases around here,” said Jacque Blessington, the director at Lakeside Nature ...