More preliminary positive cases of avian flu have been reported in Western North Carolina. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) website, avian flu, or highly pathogenic avian ...

Influenza-free is the way to be! North Carolina poultry has been designated High Path Avian Influenza-free by the World Organization for Animal Health, allowing the state to resume exports and ...

North Carolina egg and poultry producers are trying to prevent the spread of avian flu known as H5N1. Egg shortages caused by the virus have resulted in higher egg prices at the grocery store ...

HPAI has had the greatest impact on pullets and egg-laying poultry, where bird housing density is higher, said Dr. Lisa ...

A second case of high-path avian influenza has been confirmed in a commercial poultry operation in Sampson County, North Carolina.A flock of turkeys has tested positive for high-path avian ...

The incident was first reported on Feb. 26, and by March 7, North Carolina’s Wildlife Resources ... carcasses did have highly pathogenic avian influenza,” Turner said.

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled H5, ...

Avian influenza, known more commonly as bird flu, is a form of influenza that primarily infects poultry and other farm animals. Occasionally, however, the virus finds a human host—usually ...

The operator of a wildlife rehabilitation facility in Rogers County encourages common sense when it comes to feeding wild ...