Items Tagged with 'Highly pathogenic avian influenza'

Egg prices have eased significantly as the avian flu outbreak has died down in recent weeks, but experts warn price volatility could return as the weather warms and more infected flocks are hit.

The Agriculture Department is de-emphasizing vaccines as a tool to control bird flu in poultry operations, leaving advocates for the shots seeking clarification on where the department stands on them.

A pet food company has recalled lots of frozen chicken formula raw cat food due to potential bird flu contamination.

Prices for most major row crops are likely to fall again this year, keeping pressure on farmer earnings, even as prices for cattle and poultry continue to rise in 2025 due to constrained supplies, according to USDA.

A genotype of highly pathogenic avian influenza previously identified in wild birds has been found for the first time in dairy cattle, the Agriculture Department said Wednesday.

Poultry operations seeking compensation for the loss of birds and eggs due to avian flu will have to get a biosecurity audit before restocking, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Monday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending several measures to reduce the risk of farmworkers being infected with bird flu as well as testing of poultry and dairy employees who may have been exposed to the H5N1 virus, even if they do not show symptoms of illness.

Egg prices are spiking again this fall and could go even higher should avian outbreaks further reduce layer flocks. 

Avian influenza has been detected in a pig for the first time in the United State, USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories has confirmed.

California is experiencing a fall wave of highly pathogenic avian influenza — or H5N1 — among dairy and poultry operations.