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New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...
Brazil's vast and diverse geography, with the Amazon to the north, mountain ranges along the Atlantic coast and the Andes to ...
People who feed geese, ducks and some other wild birds could contribute, albeit unintentionally, to the spread of avian flu. Kelly Bostian, Tulsa World Archive Steve Metzer ...
Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...
The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy worker in May 2024 is ... the H5N1 avian influenza virus has spilled over from birds to a ... who was exposed to wild birds and a backyard ...
Ken Keffer, co-owner of the Wild Birds Unlimited Store in Bloomington, Indiana, says, “Avian flu isn’t new. Avian influenzas were first identified in Europe in the 1870s.
More than 170 species of North American wild birds were infected with bird flu. ... A recent bird flu outbreak among migratory eared grebes in Utah killed between 15,000 and 25,000 birds near ...
The USDA is investing $1 billion to fight bird flu, including financial relief for affected farmers. But the bird flu is still certain to have a wider impact beyond the agricultural sector.
In late 2023, bird flu arrived on the rocky shores of the Valdés Peninsula in Argentina, ripping through the local colony of southern elephant seals. More than 17,000 seal pups died.
A third case of Avian Influenza has been detected at a commercial farm in Maricopa County. On Monday, the Arizona Department of Agriculture announced poultry tested positive for the bird flu.
Avian influenza or bird flu is a naturally occurring virus and can cause infection in birds, ... RHD is a highly contagious and often fatal viral disease affecting domestic and wild rabbits.
The disease was first detected in the country on wild birds in 2023. Since then, the Brazilian government has processed over 4,000 samples and confirmed some 171 bird flu outbreaks, mainly among ...