Bird Flu, Urban chicken

How to Protect Pets and Backyard Chickens from Bird Flu
As bird flu outbreaks continue to affect animals, experts answer questions about keeping pets and their owners healthy
Chicken Run: The cruel price of Avian Flu
When egg prices are high, people hold off on making omelets. When the prices of eggs stay high, and in fact continue to rise due to circumstances like bird flu, people start feeling the pressure on their wallets and begin to take home economics into their own hands.
How the U.S. bird flu epidemic has taken flight, which pets are most at risk and what we can do
Where does our avian flu epidemic come from? Commercial, large-scale poultry farming and migrating birds squeezed into smaller and smaller areas as people destroy wetlands, experts say. And after birds pass it to each other,
Vaccinating chickens could help contain bird flu — and egg prices. Here’s why it’s rare
Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for soaring egg prices.
Vaccinating poultry could help cut soaring egg prices but US remains hesitant
The move has been delayed in part because of concerns it could jeopardize chicken exports worth billions of dollars a year.
Vaccinating chickens could help egg prices but U.S. remains hesitant
Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $5 a dozen.
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Your bird flu questions, answered
Avian influenza is not new,” said Mark Stetter, dean of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. “But what is new is this ...
Free PPE available for people at higher risk of bird flu
Bird flu, or the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), is widely present in Rhode Island's wild waterfowl, according to ...
Bird flu-infected San Bernardino County dairy cows may have concerning new mutation
A new H5N1 bird flu mutation has appeared in a cluster of infected dairy cows. It's a genetic change that scientists say ...
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Avian Flu Vaccine Development Is Threatened
Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to devastate poultry flocks throughout the United States, as well as cause ...
New case of highly pathogenic avian influenza detected among backyard flock in Nebraska
According to the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, the new case impacted four flocks, bringing the total number of affected ...
Mississippi chicken flock tests positive for bird flu. What are the symptoms? What we know
Another chicken flock tests positive for bird flu in Mississippi. What are the risks? How do I know if I have it? What you need to know about avian flu ...
Two Kansas cats have contracted bird flu. What vets say about keeping your pets safe
Officials in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, reported on March 6 that two cats had tested positive for bird flu. Owners ...
Want to go birdwatching at D.W. Park? Here's what you can expect to see despite avian flu
The Enterprise spoke to D.W. Field Park Association President Patrick Quinn about how the bird flu is impacting birdwatching ...
Nearly 85% of all California bird flu cases have been in this region
Avian flu is hitting California’s San Joaquin Valley hard — nearly 20 million chickens, ducks and turkeys have been killed in ...