Avian influenza — which has devastated poultry flocks, wildlife populations and increasingly poses a public health risk — has ...

Avian influenza, which primarily affects poultry, has now adapted to wild birds, accompanying them in their journeys across ...

Avian flu has wreaked havoc in other parts of the world. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the United States, where the virus has severely impacted cattle and poultry, currently ...

Farmers in Georgia’s northeastern corner woke up on Jan. 15 to discover that birds in their flock of 45,000 chickens were ill and dying. Within 24 hours, the state’s veterinary laboratory ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or bird flu ... including the Carolinas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Georgia,” Isaacs said. During the high-risk season, poultry farmers are alert to increased ...

Despite its reputation as the Peach State, poultry rules the roost in Georgia. It’s the most valuable segment of the state’s agriculture sector and is worth an estimated $6.7 billion, according to a ...

There’s been no published list of what grants are getting cut, but there is evidence that since the end of the public health emergency, these grants were used to support work outside of COVID testing/ ...

Wildlife officials sent samples from the scene to a disease lab at the University of Georgia for testing ... did have highly pathogenic avian influenza,” Turner said.