Insights and Stories on HPAI

Bird flu pushes US dairy farmers to ban visitors, chop trees

Apr. 11, 2024 at 9:17 am CDT

Dairy farmers in the United States are raising their defenses to try to contain the spread of bird flu: banning visitors, cutting down trees to discourage wild birds from landing, and disinfecting vehicles coming onto their land.

Seventeen U.S. states restrict cattle imports from avian flu-infected areas

Apr. 10, 2024 at 2:34 pm CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Flu outbreak sees buyers balk at beef futures

Apr. 10, 2024 at 2:22 pm CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Illustration shows test tubes labelled "Bird Flu" and eggs

U.S. cattle vets rename bovine bird-flu

Apr. 9, 2024 at 11:28 am CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Bird flu dairy cow outbreak widens in Ohio, Kansas, New Mexico

Apr. 4, 2024 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Wider bird flu spread raises concern for humans, animal health body says

Apr. 4, 2024 at 9:22 am CDT

The spread of bird flu to an increasing number of species and its widening geographic reach have raised the risks of humans being infected by the virus, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Thursday.

By Reuters Sybille De La Hamaide

Dairy farms urged to take precautions against bird flu

Mar. 28, 2024 at 12:40 pm CDT

Alberta Milk is urging Canadian dairy producers to take precautions against migrating birds after avian influenza was detected in dairy cattle in three U.S. states.

By Jeff Melchior

Disease affecting U.S. dairy cows re-identified as bird flu

Mar. 26, 2024 at 10:18 am CDT

A wild waterfowl-borne disease creating milk production problems in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico dairy herds has been identified as a strain of bird flu, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) says.

By Jeff Melchior

Minnesota goat confirmed infected with bird flu

Mar. 22, 2024 at 3:24 pm CDT

A juvenile goat in Minnesota has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the first confirmed case of bird flu in U.S. livestock.

US is ’18 months or so’ away from finding bird flu vaccine, says agriculture secretary

Feb. 14, 2024 at 2:10 pm CST

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is "18 months or so" away from identifying a vaccine for the current strain of bird flu and is developing a process to distribute it, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday.

By Leah Douglas Reuters