News & Updates

• 40,000 Maryland chickens culled over avian flu fears
  About 40,000 chickens have been culled at commercial poultry farm in Wicomico County, Maryland, after the flock was experiencing higher than normal mortality. ... read more
  Published on 2018-12-14
• Highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu returns to Iran
  Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a backyard poultry flock in Tehran, Iran, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). ... read more
  Published on 2018-12-03
• Poultry farmers, bird keepers urged to prepare for winter avian flu threat
  The Chief Veterinary Officers across the UK are encouraging all poultry keepers to take action now to reduce the risk of disease over the winter. ... read more
  Published on 2018-11-28
• California: Avian flu eliminated from turkey flocks
  Low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) has been eliminated in the five turkey flocks in California that tested positive in September and October, the California Department of Food and Agriculture reported. ... read more
  Published on 2018-11-26
• On-farm poultry pathogen detection in validation stage
  On-site diagnostic for major poultry pathogens could be available by 2020, aiding poultry producers and poultry processors. ... read more
  Published on 2018-11-21
• New avian influenza virus mutation raises concern
  Mutation of H9N2 avian influenza could have implications for broiler vaccination strategies and raise possibility of human infections. ... read more
  Published on 2018-11-20
• USDA APHIS launches new poultry biosecurity campaign
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is launching a new outreach campaign focused on preventing the spread of infectious poultry diseases in both commercial and backyard poultry. ... read more
  Published on 2018-11-16
• Taiwan steps up efforts to control avian flu
  Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) says it plans to eradicate avian flu viruses by stepping up monitoring and prevention measures at poultry farms with the opening of its new Research Center for Avian Influenza Control and Prevention. ... read more
  Published on 2018-11-12
• 4 Minnesota turkey flocks affected by avian influenza
  Minnesota has had four commercial turkey flocks affected by low pathogenic avian influenza, according to a report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). ... read more
  Published on 2018-11-12
• Avian influenza could spread along wild birds’ migration routes this winter
  This winter, health authorities and people living in countries of the WHO European Region located along wild birds’ migration routes should be particularly vigilant about avian influenza outbreaks in poultry and wild birds. ... read more
  Published on 2018-11-07
• APHIS proposes updates to avian influenza virus elimination flat rate
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing updates to its virus elimination flat rate payments for table egg laying bird barns and table egg storage and processing facilities affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) or H5 and H7 subtypes of low pathogenic avian influenza (H5/H7 LPAI).  ... read more
  Published on 2018-11-02
• New case of low pathogenic avian flu in Minnesota
  Low pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza has been detected in a second flock of turkeys in Minnesota, the Minnesota Board of Animal Health (MBAH) reported. ... read more
  Published on 2018-11-02
• Avian flu can be transmitted by air, but focus on fomites
  It is possible for poultry flocks to be infected with avian influenza through airborne transmission, but those odds are so slim that producers should instead focus their biosecurity efforts on preventing the spread of the virus through fomite exposure, a leading veterinarian with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said. ... read more
  Published on 2018-10-30
• Learn to combat high-pathogenic avian flu at webinar
  Get further educated on how to fight high-pathogenic avian influenza during the webinar, “Combat high-pathogen avian influenza,” which will be held at 7 a.m. CST on October 30. ... read more
  Published on 2018-10-25
• Low pathogenic avian flu confirmed in Minnesota turkeys
  The Minnesota Board of Animal Health (MBAH) has confirmed a case of H5N2 low pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock in Kandiyohi County. ... read more
  Published on 2018-10-24

• 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