The Nevada department of agriculture is encouraging livestock owners to monitor their animals for signs of illness to prevent ...

Timeline Early 1900s – The avian flu is first identified in Italy. 1961 – The H5N1 strain is isolated in birds in South Africa.

South Africa has reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on ...

South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

On average, ferrets infected with H5N1 bird flu lost nearly 10% of their body weight and had fevers. They were lethargic, and had nasal and ocular discharge along with sneezing.

Nimbus is likely to be more transmissible than the previous variants. It belongs to the JN.1 subfamily of the Omicron family of SARS-CoV-2 virus. Recently, the Influenza A H5N1 virus from a dairy ...

The bird flu virus can remain infectious in raw milk for over a day at room temperature and more than a week when refrigerated, according to a new, non-peer-reviewed research from a group of UK ...

Some of the issues: Background Bird flu was present during the first Trump administration (2017-2021). Several notable events related to avian influenza occurred during this period: Outbreaks in 2017 ...