It takes several hours for the results of a polymerase chain reaction test, which “detects genetic material from a pathogen ...

Bird flu may be a respiratory virus, but it still spreads through ground traffic. The shoes people wear every day could ...

With the rising cost of eggs, more people are considering raising backyard chickens for fresh, homegrown eggs. However, ...

The Ohio State University Extension School offers an online course for homeowners navigating poultry care in their backyards.

Among animals, more than 169 million commercial poultry or backyard birds have been infected in the current H5N1 outbreak, ...

A recent Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry has infected seven people across six US states, the CDC reports. The ...

Stutsman County has had a positive case of such disease this past month in a backyard flock. This highly contagious viral ...

Statewide, more than 8 million egg-laying chickens, turkeys and ducks have been destroyed in Indiana so far this year due to ...

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture reports it has received confirmation of the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a backyard chicken flock in Stutsman County from the ...

“Having a bird feeder out is not harmful, as long as you keep your feeders clean,” says Schuler. “There are recommendations ...