Laser technology for avian flu prevention is being offered to Minnesota poultry farmers under a grant program that’s available until Oct. 31. The Bird Control Group is behind the offering for the ...

Birds are integral players in the management of agricultural pests across diverse farming systems. Insectivorous and omnivorous species forage on invertebrate pests, reducing outbreaks of caterpillars ...

Mass killings to control highly contagious, highly pathogenic avian influenza are being criticized by at least one animal activist organization. The non-governmental Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has ...

Since the latest bout of avian flu was first detected in a commercial poultry flock two years ago, nearly 82 million chickens, ducks and turkeys have been killed to limit the spread of the virus. That ...

Some poultry growers are turning to innovative tactics to protect their flocks, deploying deterrents like drones, air horns, balloons and decoy predators. By Linda Qiu Reporting from Washington Loren ...

WALDOBORO, ME - JANUARY 17: A chicken jumps off an egg box as Seth Lawler gathers eggs out of the box at Bowden's Egg Farm in Waldoboro on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. Farm owner Dennis Bowden used to ...

A review of sustained mammal-to-mammal bird flu transmission in diverse species, led by The Pirbright Institute, shows global control strategies are not working. Writing in Nature, researchers ...

July 22 (Reuters) - The H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to dairy cows in the United States, raising concerns about its spread to humans. Since 2022, bird flu in the U.S. has infected 168 dairy herds, 7 ...