Wisconsin has launched a mandatory milk testing program to detect the avian flu virus (H5N1) in dairy farms. This initiative is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s national surveillance plan.

Each month, one milk sample will be collected from every dairy farm in Wisconsin. These samples will be tested at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL). To reduce disruption, samples ...

As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before ...

Preliminary tests indicate a commercial chicken farm in Brazil's state of Tocantins is free from bird flu, the state's farm ...

Bird flu doesn't just mean more expensive eggs. It's presenting a serious health threat. The Global Virus Network has reported at least 70 cases in humans, including cases of severe disease and ...

H5N1, commonly called bird flu, had been detected in cows ... with the CDC and the USDA,’” Lakdawala said. The immediate response was “not very strong and is still not strong,” Lakdawala ...

Headlines as of late have sounded alarms about the spread of the avian flu, known more colloquially as the bird flu. Over the last year, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, A(H5N1), has ...

Rick Hansen, DFL-South St. Paul, a co-author of the House bill, said the funding is part of a broader approach that also includes emergency response ... bird flu provisions. The Senate’s plan ...

His comments prompted Democratic lawmakers to open an investigation into the federal response ... But the Agriculture Department’s plan to combat bird flu is now focused on lowering egg prices ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Academy of Sciences has canceled a workshop on preventing human bird flu infections after being told to stop work on ... national bird flu response, and there ...

Fears the world is heading towards another pandemic are growing, as new data shows the spread of the deadly bird flu virus has begun to accelerate and move between species. Bird flu (H5N1) originated ...