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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
Vets Warn to Look Out for These Bird Flu Symptoms in Pets
The dangers of your pet getting bird flu include raw pet food, environmental exposure and more. Three experts explain how to protect your cat or dog.
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.
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.
Why is US hesitant to vaccinate against bird flu despite soaring egg prices?
Vaccines could prevent bird flu and the mass slaughter of chickens that currently leads to high egg prices. The USDA plans a $100 million study on bird flu vaccines, but concerns about chicken exports slow the process.
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.
What Minnesotans need to know about bird flu risks
For turkey farmer Erica Sawatzke, Thanksgiving was going terribly. It was 2023, and while others were eating their turkey ...
Mississippi chicken flock tests positive for bird flu. What are the symptoms? What we know
Another chicken flock tests positive for bird flu in Mississippi. What are the risks? How do I know if I have it? What you ...
Two New York City house cats infected with bird flu: health officials
Health officials urged pet owners not to let their felines roam outdoors or feed them raw food or raw milk — common ways ...
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The Latest on Bird Flu Research, Infected Cats, and More
No new human cases of avian influenza have been reported, and poultry infections are low so far in March. But infections in cats are continuing, and new research is raising concerns about the virus ...
Bird flu believed to be cause of death for nearly 300 dead birds on OBX
Nearly 300 dead birds have been found near Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks, and wildlife experts believe the bird flu could ...
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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Hundreds of pelicans dead from suspected bird flu on Cape Hatteras
Nearly 400 birds — mostly brown pelicans — were found dead from suspected bird flu in Hatteras, N.C. in late February, an ...
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New Jersey remains vigilant about bird flu amid growing number of cases
Live poultry markets in New Jersey where bird flu was found have reopened after being disinfected. Cat owners get an avian influenza warning.
2 cats in New York City test positive for bird flu. Here's what vets want pet owners to know.
Two cats in two separate New York City households have tested positive for bird flu, the city health department says.