If you’re a backyard chicken owner (and even if you’re not), you’ve likely heard about Avian Influenza (AI). Commonly referred to as bird flu, it’s a highly contagious viral disease affecting domestic ...

Mississippi Board of Animal Health announced that highly pathogenic bird flu has been found in a Mississippi poultry flock. Is a new pandemic on the horizon? According to a news release from MBAH, the ...

A confirmed bird flu case at a Georgia poultry farm led to the culling of more than 71,000 birds and triggered a quarantine zone, as experts warn the ongoing HPAI outbreak that began in 2022 continues ...

In Albert Camus’ novel, The Plague, set in the French Algerian town of Oran, rats one day begin showing up dead on residents’ doorsteps, dying with violent spasms and blood pouring from their mouths.

A case of avian influenza was recently identified at a Burlington County commercial bird farm, officials announced Thursday.

In California, the state veterinarian banned chicken shows to limit the spread of bird flu. That left county fairs across the state devoid of chickens — and their 7-year-old 4H caretakers despondent.

A team led by UC Davis poultry scientist Huaijun Zhou has created the first comprehensive map of gene regulation in breeds of chickens. The map could be a resource for finding resistance to H5N1 ...

When three chickens at the farm at Hess-Hathaway Park in Waterford Township died last week and three others appeared to be sick, workers acted quickly to determine whether the culprit could be the ...

A Jan. 30 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) makes a series of claims about bird flu. "Remember they are not killing the ducks, seagulls, eagles and quail," reads text in the post. "Strangely ...

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium will move some of its birds indoors and pause feeding raw poultry to any of its animals as a precaution amid rising bird flu numbers in Ohio. Ohio is the currently one of ...