Scientists have developed a proof-of-concept vaccine that could offer broad protection against all known and emerging variants of highly pathogenic avian influenza (A5) viruses, including those that have yet to evolve.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in commercial turkey flocks in North Dakota and South Dakota on November 3.

Due to these supply challenges of the Thanksgiving birds, AFBF predicts turkey prices will be up 40 percent from 2024. Last year a turkey was 98 cents per pound. This year it will be approximately $1.32 per pound.

Darlene Konkle, a state veterinarian with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, said the current strain of the bird flu was detected in Wisconsin in 2022. Largely, the cases pop up around the spring or fall, during the time that wild waterfowl are migrating.

The bird flu virus has been detected at a commercial breeder duck facility in Elkhart County, affecting 3,078 birds. This is the tenth case of highly

A third case of bird flu has been confirmed in North Yorkshire. The virus was discovered at a commercial poultry site near Thirsk on Monday, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). An almost two-mile (3km) protection zone and a six-mile (10km) surveillance zone cordon has been put in place around the premises.

The Walla Walla County Department of Community Health has been notified about three wild birds in Walla Walla County that tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu.

The housing order to combat the rapid rise of bird flu has been expanded from Yorkshire to cover the whole of England, the Government has announced.

A bird flu virus that has often been ignored because it mostly causes minor disease in birds has the potential to cause a human pandemic, says a team that has tracked how the H9N2 virus has become better adapted to infect people.