In a Policy Forum, Erin Sorrell and colleagues – a coalition of virologists, veterinarians, and health security experts – ...

Universal Ostrich Farms Inc. (UOF) will be headed to Ottawa on July 15 for a one-day appeal hearing with the goal of reversing the decision to cull 400 ostriches.

Biosafety level (BSL)-3 facilities exist in a diffuse regulatory environment, where requirements depend on factors such as the kinds of pathogens under study, the type of research being conducted, and ...

The department of agriculture’s recent decision to temporarily allow the United States to impose and lift bans on its poultry ...

A £1 billion (US$1.36 billion) investment in a new national biosecurity centre in United Kingdom will help tackle animal ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

New biosecurity centre to tackle pandemics and animal disease gets £1bn funding - The announcement is part of a new national ...

The spread of bird flu among poultry flocks in the U.S. is also causing a spike in egg prices. As of Jan. 6, the virus had hit more than 138 million poultry across 50 U.S. states since January ...

Bird flu devastated this duck farm — now it’s making a comeback - Doug Corwin worries he won't be able to weather another outbreak ...

Doug Corwin knew there was a problem at his family’s commercial duck farm in Long Island when he spotted scores of dead or lethargic birds during a barn inspection in ...

Following reports of a bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in Brazil – the world’s biggest chicken exporter – more countries have announced trade bans to prevent a spread across borders.

In past outbreaks, bird flu has often been deadly in people. Dr. Kay Russo: If you look at cases worldwide of H5 influenza, the mortality rate's fifty per cent.