If you have sick birds in your BACKYARD flock, please report them to WSDA’s Sick Bird Hotline at 1-800-606-3056. If your farm ...

The cougar was euthanized, and his tissue samples, which were tested for a number of diseases, revealed the presence of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu. Less than two weeks later, ...

Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first ...

Avian influenza is not unusual in North America, but its recent staying power is. The current outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1), also known as bird flu, began in 2022 and is different from other ...

Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021.

When a disease-causing pathogen such as a flu virus is already adapted to infect a particular animal species, it may eventually evolve the ability to infect a new species, such as humans, through a ...

The Washington state veterinarian said a course correction was overdue on the virus and the federal policy shift is being driven by poultry producers.

Sky-high egg prices have drawn renewed attention to the bird flu outbreak, which has caused more than 166 million wild and domestic birds in the U.S. to die since it began in 2022, NBC News reported.

A Washington company has recalled pet food products amid the ongoing bird flu outbreaks. On March 1, Wild Coast Raw of Olympia, Washington, has recalled its frozen Boneless Free Range Chicken ...

Two domestic cats in Washington state have been infected with bird flu after eating raw pet food. The state Department of ...