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Determining the risk of bird flu to cats
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed 130 cases of H5N1 avian influenza in domestic cats spread across 23 states, ...
Does avian influenza affect wild birds? Find out if you need to take down bird feeders. Plus learn the risk to backyard ...
Joy O’Keefe, an associate professor and wildlife extension specialist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said the risk of bird flu for backyard chickens depends on a few factors.
Joy O’Keefe, an associate professor and wildlife extension specialist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said the risk of bird flu for backyard chickens depends on a few factors.
Family farms have had backyard ... flu that was detected about 80 air miles from his farm. Missouri went into a red status, he said, meaning it is recommended that poultry caretakers confine birds ...
Over the past 2 days, APHIS also confirmed two more outbreaks in poultry, one on a layer pullet farm in Indiana and the other involving a backyard flock in Maryland ... and low-pathogenic wild bird ...
Bird flu has been found in all states, including Michigan. So should you be refilling your backyard bird feeder this spring?
ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF BIRD FLU HAS ... in a mixed species backyard flock in Hardin County, according to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.The H5N1 bird flu has impacted more ...
Experts say it's generally safe to use bird feeders this spring despite the prevalence of avian influenza, particularly if feeders are kept clean and users don't have backyard poultry. If unusual ...
Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks – natural carriers of avian influenza – stop and rest as they migrate can ...