Insights and Stories on Poultry

Nov. 1, 2024 at 2:41 pm CDT

British Columbia poultry farms are particularly vulnerable to highly pathenogenic avian influenza due to the annual migration of waterfowl through the Fraser Valley.

By Miranda Leybourne

Oct. 18, 2024 at 10:09 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – The big new red barn at Rickeen Farms will house feathered livestock instead of the farms’ traditional four-legged ruminants. “Our passion is in the dairy industry, but we just can’t grow that the way we want to right now,” said Brett Shantz. “So, we’re diversifying.” Shantz, his […]

By Diana Martin

Sep. 27, 2024 at 1:24 pm CDT

U.S. farmers are increasing pressure to allow vaccinations for chickens, turkeys and cows to protect them from bird flu infections that have devastated flocks for three years,

By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek, Reuters

Sep. 5, 2024 at 3:34 pm CDT

Cows at three dairy farms in California tested positive for H5N1 bird flu at the end of August, marking an expansion of the virus into the largest dairy producing region of the United States, according to an announcement from the state’s agriculture department. More than 190 herds have been infected […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jul. 25, 2024 at 3:09 pm CDT

Researchers from Cornell University have determined how cows infected with H5N1 bird flu were able to spread the virus to other cows and mammals. In the study published in the journal Nature on July 24, scientists used genomic data, computer modeling, and data about the virus’s spread to show how infected cows […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm