TIPTON, Iowa (KCRG) - Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, continues to be a topic of conversation among many people - including veterinarians. “We’re required every three years to take continuing ...

When, in April, the federal government began requiring some cows to be tested for a strain of avian flu before their herds could be moved across state lines, it seemed like an obvious step to try to ...

The Department of Natural Resources in Michigan and Illinois both recommended that residents temporarily remove their bird feeders and birdbaths from outside Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza has hit South Dakota hard this month, infecting about 420,000 birds, according to the Agriculture Department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The HPAI ...

Nov. 29—The first report this fall came seven days before Thanksgiving. Dead birds. "Then it blew up kind of quickly," said Rocco Murano, South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks waterfowl biologist. Highly ...

The current avian flu outbreak is responsible for millions of bird deaths in 2022. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) has ...