News & Updates

• Oman bans poultry from Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia
  Oman has implemented a ban on the import of live poultry and poultry products from Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia. ... read more
  Published on 2018-09-27
• Two more avian flu cases confirmed in California
  Four cases of low pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza have been confirmed by in Stanislaus County, California, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announced. ... read more
  Published on 2018-09-26
• Producer survey seeks biosecurity, indemnity opinions
  The faculty at the University of Tennessee and Kansas State University are working together on a poultry producer survey aimed towards on-farm biosecurity practices and producer opinions on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s current indemnity policy. ... read more
  Published on 2018-09-25
• OIE: 35,000 California turkeys lost to avian flu
  The outbreak of low pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza in Stanislaus County, California, has led to the loss of 35,000 turkeys at two commercial operations, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reported. ... read more
  Published on 2018-09-21
• Second California turkey flock hit by H7N3 avian flu
  A second commercial turkey flock in Stanislaus County, California, has tested positive for low pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza. ... read more
  Published on 2018-09-19
• Low pathogenic avian flu found in California turkeys
  A case of low pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in Stanislaus County, California. ... read more
  Published on 2018-09-17
• Taiwan reports new avian flu outbreaks in poultry
  In the last two weeks, the only state to have reported new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in commercial poultry is Taiwan, but the virus has also been detected for the first time for several months in wild birds in western Europe. ... read more
  Published on 2018-09-16
• Swine industry may offer insight to preventing avian flu
  Learn what the swine industry is doing to prevent viruses and how it can potentially benefit the poultry industry. ... read more
  Published on 2018-09-12
• Nanotubes trap avian flu viruses for early detection
  Nanotechnology to be presented at the Poultry Tech Summit acts as a filter to trap avian influenza viruses for quick identification without dependence on antibodies. ... read more
  Published on 2018-09-06
• Avian flu returns to Cambodia
  After a five-month absence, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has returned to the Cambodian poultry sector, and new outbreaks have been confirmed in Malaysia. ... read more
  Published on 2018-09-03
• Avian flu: Malaysia confirms fourth outbreak in poultry
  A further three outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been confirmed this month in Malaysian poultry, and new cases have occurred at a Taiwanese layer farm. ... read more
  Published on 2018-08-28
• Avian influenza continues to attack poultry worldwide
  By Barbara Olejnik ... read more
  Published on 2018-08-28
• Mobile system can inactivate avian influenza virus
  USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, in which researchers developed a mobile system that can inactivate avian influenza virus. ... read more
  Published on 2018-08-21
• Malaysia, Russia, Taiwan detect new avian flu variants
  New subtypes of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus have been detected for the first time in the commercial poultry sectors in Malaysia, Russia and Taiwan. ... read more
  Published on 2018-08-19
• APHIS finalizes avian flu indemnity payment conditions
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is issuing a final rule outlining the conditions under which USDA will pay indemnity to farms affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). ... read more
  Published on 2018-08-14

• Highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu confirmed in Alaska
  Highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza has been confirmed in a wild mallard duck from a state wildlife refuge in Alaska, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced on August 26 … read more
  Published on 2016-8-26
• 3 Important Biosecurity Concepts for Your Poultry Farm
  The effectiveness of any biosecurity program is affected by what is in the program and whether the program is being followed. All it takes is one instance of a policy circumvented … read more
  Published on 2016-1-5

• Arkansas Poultry Industry Braces for Bird Flu
  Many Arkansans are looking skyward, eager to see migrating ducks from the north flying though the state when hunting season opens in November. Many other Arkansans are looking … read more
  Published on 2015-10-14