California health officials have confirmed two human cases of H5 bird flu, marking the 15th and 16th human cases detected this year.
The investigation follows Tyson Foods’ recent closure of nine meatpacking plants across the United States.
On August 9, a U.S. appeals court upheld a prior dismissal of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Inc. v. Vilsack case, surrounding Perdue’s chicken packaging.
Officials reported that three teenagers admitted to driving ATVs on a man’s property in Sumter County, causing the death of 200 turkeys earlier this month.
Tthe American Farm Bureau Federation economists have prepared a market update for the second half of 2024 that includes cattle, hogs, and poultry.
The CDC confirmed five new HPAI cases among Weld County poultry workers, raising the U.S. total to 13 since April, with 10 in Colorado.
A Cornell study found avian flu spread from birds to dairy cattle, leading to cow-to-cow transmission and infecting cats and a raccoon.
A new rapid avian influenza molecular test detects the latest H5N1 variants, including those in cattle and in the recent human infections in Colorado.
Lice have been found feeding on the skin and blood of free-range chickens, which are infected at much higher rates than caged flocks.
Three poultry workers from a farm in northeast Colorado are suspected of contracting bird flu, state and federal health officials announced Friday.