The detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, subtype H5N1 in dairy cattle was confirmed in March 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA. This finding was the first of its ...

The parasitic fly that attacks warm-blooded animals was eliminated from the United States in the 1960s, but it’s creeping ...

Ken Keffer, co-owner of the Wild Birds Unlimited Store in Bloomington, Indiana, says, “Avian flu isn’t new. Avian influenzas were first identified in Europe in the 1870s. Variants of the ...

HPAI is more than an animal health crisis: it is a global emergency destabilizing agriculture, food security, trade and ...

The first case of bird flu in Indiana during the 2022-2025 outbreak was confirmed in early February 2022 in a Dubois County turkey flock. Since then, Indiana has had 45 commercial or small/hobby ...

INDIANAPOLIS – The fast-spreading avian flu virus, detected last week in southern Indiana, has prompted officials to order the killing of more than 400,000 exposed turkeys and chickens.

PORTER COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) — A flock of birds in northwest Indiana is under quarantine because of the first avian influenza outbreak detected in the state in more than a month.

Prior to the last event, new cases of bird flu were being reported nearly every week since the start of the year. In total, 27 commercial and hobby flocks were confirmed to have bird flu since Jan. 1.

Avian influenza has been detected in more than 124 countries and has spilled over into at least 40 terrestrial mammal species and 13 marine species, including dairy cattle and household pets.