A new study suggests that windborne transmission could be partially to blame for the spread of bird flu between farms.

In a research letter published this week in Emerging Microbes & Infections, researchers at the Canada Food Inspection Agency ...

A non–peer-reviewed study published on the preprint server bioRxiv suggests that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus shed in poultry droppings can be transmitted by the wind, a possibility ...

The Trump administration says it has a new plan to fight bird flu, bring egg prices down and stop culling poultry. Agriculture officials are getting anxious waiting for the details. “Just this week ...

This week, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture said it plans to start testing raw cow’s milk for the H5N1 influenza virus. While southwest Minnesota farmers said the testing won’t really mean ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Rural Finance Authority Board has declared an emergency for three animal diseases: avian Metapneumovirus, highly pathogenic avian influenza, and the H5N1 flu ...

Beginning next week, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), working with state government and industry partners, will begin sampling and testing raw cow’s milk for the H5N1 flu virus to ...

"Every farm in the state will be tested once a month," said Dan Glessing, who owns Glessing Family Farm near Waverly. It's a ...

The impact of three animal disesases in Minnesota is being felt and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Rural Finance Authority Board is responding with interest-free loans. The RFA has declared ...

The highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus may be spreading through the air under certain conditions, according to a ...

Rising numbers of great-horned owls, bald eagles and red-tailed hawks have been getting sick and dying of bird flu this ...