The USDA is set to begin testing bulk raw milk for bird flu contamination in an effort to control the rapid spread of the virus. In addition to more than 100 million chickens having been infected ...

The bird flu has been spreading rapidly among cows on a handful of dairy farms in California, Idaho and Utah. The virus, also ...

The first detection of H5N1 bird flu in US swine has been reported on an Oregon backyard farm, raising concerns about ...

The eight facilities are located in Cache County, where bulk milk tank sampling had recently been ordered. The UDAF said the ...

Pigs represent a concern for the spread of bird flu because they can become co-infected with bird and human viruses, which ...

Wild bird migration has carried bird flu to poultry flocks and cattle herds. The case was one factor that drove the USDA to broaden its bird flu surveillance to include nationwide bulk milk testing ..

US farm agency to bulk test raw milk to track bird flu spread Industry and veterinary groups pushed for stronger surveillance Bird flu has infected more than 400 dairy herds, 36 people this year ...

Corn is one of the most prevalent ingredients in cheap birdseed mixes, but it’s not an ideal food source for most wild birds. While larger birds such as pigeons and doves ... While a small amount of ...

A USDA spokesperson clarified that the infection originated from wild birds, not from a poultry or dairy farm ... USDA's recent expansion of bird flu surveillance to include bulk milk testing ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon begin testing bulk raw milk across the country for bird flu, a significant expansion of the agency’s efforts to stifle the rapid spread of the virus, ...

For the first time, a bird flu infection has been detected in a pig, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is reporting ...

H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.