European farmers are concerned over the potential spread of a new strain of Bird Flu, discovered on a farm in the US. The new strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus, discovered by a dairy worker on a ...

The first case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a backyard flock of geese and chickens in Jackson County, Oregon. This follows a series of bird flu cases detected ...

The first confirmed case of H5N1 avian influenza in a U.S. pig has been ... The farm has been placed under quarantine to contain bird flu spread to others. Experts warn that pigs, known as ...

A pig was infected with bird flu in Oregon, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Wednesday. It’s the first time bird flu, also known as the H5N1 virus, infected a pig in the United States ...

A pig in Oregon has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu ... swine are a known "mixing vessel" for influenza A viruses, "as they are able to be infected by avian and human influenza virus strains." ...

Such strains present a significant concern for poultry producers by causing considerable mortality in domestic bird species. In addition, swine (pigs) can be infected with some strains of avian ...

A group of turkeys mingle on a farm. On Monday California health officials reported that highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a flock of commercial turkeys in Sacramento County.

Bird flu has been spreading faster in the European Union this season than a milder 2023, raising concerns of a repeat of previous crises that led to the deaths of tens of millions of poultry and ...

CSL Seqirus, a global vaccine maker with a massive manufacturing plant in Holly Springs, has won a federal contract to produce a stockpile of vaccines in case of a pandemic of avian influenza, or bird ...

New Insights on How Bird Flu Crosses the Species Barrier Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells.

Highly pathogenic avian ... a wild bird, its first detection involving the strain since 2018. H5N6 is known to circulate in poultry in some Asian countries and has been sporadically linked to ...