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APHIS is preparing Environmental Impact Statement on worsening avian flu outbreaks

By Dan Flynn on January 26, 2023

Avian flu has burned through 60 million domestic birds in at least 47 states, egg prices have hit the stratosphere, and more troubling, the virus is mutating to infect mammals including three Montana grizzly bears.…

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Avian flu this year results in record bird kills; raising consumer prices for eggs and poultry

By News Desk on December 5, 2022

This year’s deadly avian flu outbreak has busted through all previous records, killing so many birds that shortages are contributing to egg and poultry price increases for U.S. consumers who are already plagued by food…

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After 40 million dead birds, hot weather may be killing off the bird flu virus

By Dan Flynn on June 17, 2022

Forty million birds have died from avian flu since February. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the detection of bird flu in 372 commercial and backyard flocks in 36 states.

But the…

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Canadian food processors brace for the impact of avian influenza

By Guest Contributor on June 3, 2022

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By Paul Tolnai

Food safety, traceability, and supplier management systems are key to building resilience as the risk of outbreak, supply shortages and rising cost threaten poultry product producers. 

For the Canadian …
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Avian flu outbreaks in U.S. top previous record

By News Desk on April 20, 2022
Prior to just 70 days ago, the worst case of highly pathogenic avian influenza(HPAI) in the United States occurred in  2015. By all indications, the HPAI outbreaks that have already happened in just more than

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Avian flu outbreaks in U.S. take more than 22.8 million birds in 24 states, so far

By News Desk on April 5, 2022

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported on Monday about a worsening Avian influenza crisis in the United States.   APHIS reports that more than 22.8 million birds have had to be put to…
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U.S. outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza doubled during past month

By Dan Flynn on March 25, 2022

Millions of birds in at least 17 states are being rapidly killed in a determined attempt to bring a dangerous strain of Avian flu under control. And Avian Influenza outbreaks in the United States during…
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Bird flu spreads under improved surveillance and some vaccine hopes

By Dan Flynn on March 4, 2022

In the past six months, new avian influenza case reports from more than 40 countries were filed with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Some of those reports are now coming from the…
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Highly pathogenic avian flu in SC turkey flock is no threat to human health

By News Desk on April 15, 2020

The first confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States since 2017 does not threaten human health, according to experts.

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed…
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EFSA says wild birds spread avian flu to E.U. member states

By News Desk on October 26, 2017

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says migratory wild birds are spreading avian influenza around the globe. The Parma, Italy-based food safety agency figures migration routes crossing the north-eastern and eastern EU borders are the…
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