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 ...

A raccoon could come in and maybe have it, too.” The bird flu has been making headlines more frequently in the past year as outbreaks have occurred in mammals and some humans. In Washington state, ...

state veterinarian with the Washington State Department of Agriculture, which is helping lead the outbreak response here. Bird flu cases in Washington since the current outbreak began The current ...

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, ...

Sky-high egg prices have drawn renewed attention to the bird ... avian influenza die and they’re sick and they don’t lay eggs,” said Amber Itle, the state veterinarian of Washington state.

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