Air and surface testing in live poultry markets detects dangerous viruses earlier than testing birds alone, improving ...

A medium-sized backyard flock of chickens in Skagit County has tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu. It’s the first detection ever of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Skagit County, ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is estimated to have killed at least about 52,000 seals and sea lions across South America, based on published scientific tallies of the 2023 outbreak and its ...

This is the 29th flock in Pennsylvania affected by avian flu.

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little indication that it would become so widespread and so destructive. Within 30 ...

Well-trained students and scientists are the boots on the beach collecting the samples and observations needed to help a ...

University of Missouri researchers develop live HPAI vaccine with DIVA technology to distinguish vaccinated from infected birds, solving major poultry export barriers and reducing costs significantly.

Mourning Blondie the black bear’s loss, Monrovia residents renew calls for “bear awareness.” And what happens to Blondie’s bear cubs now?

In response to these spillover events, the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and Kansas State University are investing $401,802 in a Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research (ROAR) ...

New research at Kansas State University aims to tackle one of the most significant threats to global animal health and food security — highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI — by using mealworms, ...

For the first time, confirmation of the deadly H5N1 virus has been detected in California's elephant seal population.