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The Arizona Department of Agriculture, working closely with the USDA detected a strain of avian influenza in milk in Maricopa ...
The Arizona Department has issued a warning after avian flu was found in milk produced by cows at a dairy in Maricopa County. AZDA did not identify the dairy, but said the detection happened on June ...
The Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) has confirmed a new detection of H5N1 avian influenza in milk from a Maricopa ...
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...
“I simply wanted to say, ‘Hey, we have confirmation of (avian influenza) in wild birds in these locations, so anyone who is feeding birds in our area should stop,” King said.
Earlier this year, ABC15 reported on cases of avian flu at Hickman's. At that point, the farm said it had lost more than one million egg-laying hens (20% of its flock) at one of its farms due to ...
Health experts warn of another potential pandemic due to the H5N1 avian flu. The virus, impacting birds and mammals, has spread across the U.S. and resulted in significant poultry losses.
H5N1, the type of avian flu circulating right now, was first identified in 1996 in geese in China. In 2020, a variant of that original strain was found in wild birds in Europe.
What avian flu precautions can I take to protect my livestock? Keep your flock away from open water sources that wild birds frequent, keep your coop clean, and disinfect your work boots.
Fears about avian influenza have moved faster than pasture-raised hens in search of the juiciest worms. The outbreak has been blamed for high egg prices and supply shortages while also raising ...
DEAR JOAN: I’ve been reading a lot about the avian flu and the danger to domestic cats. I have two cats, now 4 years old, that I harness trained when they were kittens. They love their 15-minute ...
According to a response to questions on bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture states that avian influenza A viruses can be either low pathogenic or highly pathogenic, Becker said.