Bird Flu, Urban chicken

How to Protect Pets and Backyard Chickens from Bird Flu
As bird flu outbreaks continue to affect animals, experts answer questions about keeping pets and their owners healthy
What is bird flu? Here's everything you need to know about the virus affecting chickens and dairy cattle
The ongoing bird flu outbreak has led to wild bird deaths, slaughtered livestock, and hazardous conditions for dairy industry workers.
Bird flu solution: Vaccinate chickens or slaughter every infected flock?
Vaccines could be a way to suppress bird flu in the U.S. and avoid the slaughter of millions of chickens amid the rising price of eggs. But there are some concerns, too. Here's what to know.
Bird flu detected in Noxubee County chickens
This is the third case of avian influenza uncovered in commercial poultry in Mississippi since the spring of 2023.
Vaccinating chickens could help contain bird flu — and egg prices. Here’s why it’s rare
Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for soaring egg prices.
Vaccinating poultry could help cut soaring egg prices but US remains hesitant
The move has been delayed in part because of concerns it could jeopardize chicken exports worth billions of dollars a year.
Vaccinating chickens could help egg prices but U.S. remains hesitant
Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $5 a dozen.
Can the US vaccinate chickens to prevent bird flu?
Chicken meat producers remain the most resistant to vaccines because of concerns they could harm meat exports, which totaled nearly $4.7 billion last year.
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10 European countries report avian flu on poultry farms
As of March 5, the EC had recorded a total of 49 HPAI outbreaks among backyard/hobby flocks, and zoos in 14 countries. The ...
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Vaccinating poultry could help cut high egg prices
Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for ...
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The scramble for backyard chickens in the Rogue Valley
Due to the spread of avian influenza, the price of eggs — if you can find them — has remained high. That’s led to more people ...
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How flies impact poultry health and farm productivity
Elizabeth Doughman, editor, WATTPoultryUSA and Poultry Future, talks to Ty Cochran, regional sales manager, Central Life Sciences, about fly control on poultry farms.
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Chicken flock in Noxubee County tested positive for bird flu
MACON, Miss. (WTVA) — A chicken flock in Noxubee County tested positive for bird flu. The Mississippi Board of Animal Health ...
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Vaccinating poultry could help cut soaring egg prices, but the US is hesitant
Without a new policy including vaccines, the government will continue to slaughter every flock with a bird flu infection to limit the spread of the disease. Those deaths have totaled over 166 ...