2015 with 291.5 million hens. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has killed 50.7 million egg laying hens since Oct. 2024 through March 10th, 2025. Mississippi had a new outbreak in Noxubee County ...

Cal-Maine, the nation's largest egg producer, stopped production at its Kansas plant due to a highly pathogenic avian ...

Purpose: A review of the avian influenza A/H5N1 virus, including human cases, viral transmission, clinical features, vaccines and antivirals, surveillance plans, infection control, and emergency ...

MBAH is working closely with federal animal health officials in Mississippi on a joint incident response. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Avian influenza ...

Peregrine falcons nesting on top of the Campanile at UC Berkeley have become local celebrities. Now, for the first time since ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed a case of highly ...

The Mississippi State University Extension Office said HPAI usually kills 95% to all of an infected flock, but low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) might only cause minor illness. At least ...

The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed a case of influenza of avian origin (H5N1) in a single sheep in Yorkshire following repeat positive milk testing. The case was identified ...

Apr. 18, 2025 — A team led by researchers say public ignorance and apathy towards bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) could pose a serious obstacle to containing the virus and ...

Avian influenza—which has devastated poultry flocks, wildlife populations and increasingly poses a public health risk—has now been confirmed in wild bobcats in New York state. In a new study ...

In 1997, avian influenza virus (H5N1) caused severe human disease in Hong Kong. One of 9 infected children and 5 of 9 infected adults died. Investigators hypothesized that this virus is lethal ...

Avian influenza — which has devastated poultry flocks, wildlife populations and increasingly poses a public health risk — has now been confirmed in wild bobcats in New York state. In a new ...