If you see a dead bird like a sparrow or finch, chances are the bird did not die from avian influenza, Justice-Allen said. Her office has fielded a lot of questions about dead birds people find in ...

Bird flu in dogs may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but it’s very real. And not just that, it’s potentially deadly. Even though avian influenza (H5N1) is believed to affect only ...

According to a response to questions on bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture states that avian influenza A viruses can be either low pathogenic or highly pathogenic, Becker said.

Low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) This type causes less serious illness in chickens and is less likely to cause death. Typically, LPAI causes either no signs or mild signs of disease in birds.

In humans, bird flu presents itself in different ways, but the signs can appear more rapidly. They include high fever, shivers, aching muscles, headache, coughing, shortness of breath, fatigue ...

To date, there have been 46 human cases of avian flu in the U.S. Of these, 21 live in California. All live and work in the San Joaquin Valley and had exposure to infected cows. But the leap in ...

In a troubling development, the highly pathogenic H5N9 avian flu has been detected in U.S. poultry for the first time.. The outbreak occurred at a duck meat farm in Merced County, California, in ...

Avian influenza is classified into two types: ... The signs and symptoms of H5N1 bird flu are varied. People with H5N1 can have red and irritated eyes, called conjunctivitis.

Chickens will be euthanized at an undisclosed Franklin County commercial poultry operation after the first detection this year of avian influenza was confirmed Oct. 15. It follows an outbreak in ...

Avian flu, or bird flu, refers to a group of diseases that result from infections with specific influenza viruses. These viruses infect birds but rarely spread to humans. Animal influenza viruses ...

Chickens will be euthanized at an undisclosed Franklin County commercial poultry operation after the first detection this year of avian influenza was confirmed Oct. 15. It follows an outbreak in ...