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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
What is bird flu? Here's everything you need to know about the virus affecting chickens and dairy cattle
The ongoing bird flu outbreak has led to wild bird deaths, slaughtered livestock, and hazardous conditions for dairy industry workers.
The US may start vaccinating chickens and cows against bird flu
The US Department of Agriculture announced it will allocate $100 million to develop vaccines and other therapies to help contain the spread of bird flu on poultry and dairy farms
US Explores Bird Flu Vaccines as Egg Prices Soar
The US government is considering bird flu vaccines to prevent the mass culling of infected chickens, which has driven egg prices to nearly $6 per dozen.
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.
Vaccinating chickens could help cut soaring egg prices, experts say
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced plans to spend $100 million to study bird flu vaccines to fight the disease in concert with meat chicken, egg and turkey groups.
Can the US vaccinate chickens to prevent bird flu?
Chicken meat producers remain the most resistant to vaccines because of concerns they could harm meat exports, which totaled nearly $4.7 billion last year.
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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4 bird flu updates
Experts warn of concerns over spread of U.S. bird flu outbreak as federal agencies struggle to rehire fired employees. Updates on genetic mutation here.
Your questions about cats and bird flu risk, answered
San Jose, Calif. — Bird flu isn’t just affecting chickens and cows; it’s hitting pet cats.
First cases of California residents with bird flu traced to Central Valley
California health officials confirm human cases of bird flu linked to Central Valley dairy farms, with 37 workers and one ...
Egg Prices: 10% Jump Last Month Amid Bird Flu Outbreak—Here’s What To Know
Feb. 25 The Department of Agriculture released an updated food price outlook report for the year predicting that egg prices ...
How much bird flu is there among Iowa cows? Here's what we know
A year ago, the H5N1 strain of bird flu was first found in U.S. cows. Since then, there have been cases in herds in 17 states ...
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Oregon’s dairy cows are free of avian flu. The state is trying to keep it that way
Of the 53 cases of avian influenza in animals in Oregon, none are dairy cattle. Oregon state veterinarian Dr. Ryan Scholz ...
Maryland reports new case of bird flu from backyard flock in Anne Arundel County
The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, was detected in a backyard flock in Anne Arundel County​, according to the Maryland Department of Agriculture.
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After Nevada’s first human case of bird flu, experts discuss the state’s capacity to handle outbreaks
While humans can contract bird flu, UNLV professor and epidemiologist Brian Labus says the latest strains are “not a general ...