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Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Suburban Chicago Chicken Farm, Wiping Out 3,000 Hens

A family-owned farm near Chicago has fallen victim to a devastating outbreak of bird flu, losing its entire flock of nearly 3,000 hens to the disease. The owners of Kakadoodle Farm in Matteson first ...
Purdue Extension

Emergency preparedness and response to Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu

After Indiana’s outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in January 2025, Adams County Purdue Extension educator Brad Kohlhagen began receiving almost daily telephone calls, especially ...
Agri-Pulse

Avian flu outbreak spreads, but at weaker pace than past cycles

Highly pathogenic avian influenza is again spreading through U.S. poultry flocks, but on a smaller scale than past outbreaks. Still, experts warn an uptick in cases could occur this winter. HPAI has ...
BND

Freeburg area farmer vows to resume egg sales after bird flu decimates flock

A “devastating” wave of bird flu has struck a Freeburg-area farm known for selling a variety of eggs from pasture-raised chickens, ducks, geese and guinea hens. “I was shocked at how fast it went ...