The study, published April 8 in Nature Genetics, brings together a massive amount of genetic and epigenetic data of more than 100 chicken breeds ... outbreak of bird flu, a strain of H5N1 ...

Bird flu, or avian influenza, is caused by influenza A viruses. Flu viruses that infect humans and birds are both categorized by their H and N proteins, but avian influenza viruses infect birds as ...

This bird flu, which scientists call highly pathogenic avian influenza ... A virus with an H5 was supposed to be a chicken virus. But this H5N1 infected 18 people and killed six of them.

Early this year, two commercial chicken flocks had positive bird flu cases. ExploreGeorgia lifts ban on poultry markets, swaps after bird flu cases As a result of the ban, Georgia’s poultry ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins’ avian flu response plan is an important step forward, strengthening on-farm biosecurity measures and accelerating early detection efforts. It’s easy ...

The chicken can cross the road ... grappling with widespread disruption brought by bird flu. Egg prices — an oft-quoted economic indicator used to represent staple groceries — have starkly risen since ...

Avian flu in the US over the past 30 days According to APHIS, there have been 45 cases of HPAI in the U.S. over the past 30 days – nine commercial and 36 backyard – affecting approximately 1.94 ...

The federal government is allocating an additional $1 billion to combat the avian flu ... sick will not stop the spread of bird flu, says Dunn. “Mass culling for bird flu is not justified, in addition ...

The study is unique in detecting the first flu-related death of a bobcat in the state and documenting the presence of antibodies to avian flu in this feline population.

Alabama, one of the leading U.S producers of chicken meat, is investigating suspected cases of bird flu in three northern ... “Following the 2015 avian influenza outbreak in the Midwest ...

Depending on the breed of hen and the type of feed, it can take anywhere from 16 to 24 weeks before a chicken begins producing ... While outbreaks of avian flu have resulted in the destruction ...