Researchers at South Dakota State University have spent two years creating a vaccine to fight avian metapneumovirus subtype B, a respiratory virus that has been impacting the U.S. poultry industry.

Minnesota has declared a state of emergency as multiple strains of bird flu have ravaged farms. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) stated in a press release that the Minnesota Department of ...

A Hawai'i 'Amakihi, one of just 15 surviving bird species in the Hawaiian honeycreeper family, is a frequent reservoir for avian malaria. Originally, more than 50 distinct species of Hawaiian ...

There’s a new virus wiping out Minnesota turkey flocks, and unlike with bird flu the federal government doesn’t cover producers for losses. Last year, Minnesota growers lost an estimated 2.2 million ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has hit South Dakota hard this month, infecting about 420,000 birds, according to the Agriculture Department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The HPAI ...

Avian flu is not just for the birds; cases have been reported in the United States in dairy cows, as well as types of cats, a fox, a seal, and most recently, rats and domestic indoor cats, according ...