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Livestock

UK detects first case of bird flu in a sheep, stoking fears of spread

By Nigel Hunt, Reuters March 24, 2025
Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in northern England, the first known case of its kind in the world, Britain's government said, adding to the growing list of mammals infected by the disease and fuelling fears of a pandemic.

Photo: Georgijevic/Getty Images Plus
Livestock

US reports first outbreak of deadly H7N9 bird flu since 2017

By Reuters, Sybille De La Hamaide March 17, 2025
The United States reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country continues to grapple with another bird flu strain that has infected humans and caused egg prices to hit record highs.

FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
News

US will spend up to $1 billion to combat bird flu, USDA secretary says

By Leah Douglas, Reuters February 26, 2025
The U.S. will invest up to $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu, including increasing imports of eggs, agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday.

The U.S. dairy sector has been trying to get a handle on infections of highly pathogenic avian influenza since herds started falling ill last year.
Cow health, Dairy

Bird flu finds fertile ground in dairy mammary cells: study

Beef cattle may not have same susceptibility, although more work is needed on the topic

By Jeff Melchior February 24, 2025
A U.S. study reveals that the avian flu clade that has infected dairy herds throughout the country affects dairy cows in their mammary cells — an unusual place for flu viruses to replicate.

(File photo)
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How bird flu has sent US eggs prices skyrocketing

Eggs have reached almost $5 per dozen, or more than $7 Canadian, with some big cities seeing nearly double that price

By Leah Douglas, Reuters, Tom Polansek February 21, 2025
The price of eggs at U.S. grocery stores has climbed to a record high, nearly doubling from a year ago, as outbreaks of bird flu have led to shortages by wiping out millions of hens.


Photo: Thinkstock
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Federal government stocks up on human bird flu vaccine

By Geralyn Wichers February 19, 2025
The Canadian government has secured 500,000 doses of a human vaccine against avian influenza as part of a contingency plan to protect those at most risk for the disease.

(File photo)
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Turkey to export 15,000 tonnes of eggs to US amid bird flu disruptions

By Ceyda Caglayan, Reuters February 19, 2025
Turkey has begun exporting around 15,000 tonnes of eggs to the United States, where an ongoing outbreak of bird flu disrupted supply, sent prices soaring and led to talks with other producers, a leading sector official said on Wednesday.

(Thinkstock photo)
Livestock

Canada reports outbreak of H5N5 bird flu on backyard farm

By Reuters February 18, 2025
Canada has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N5 avian influenza on a non-commercial backyard layer poultry farm in the eastern part of the country, the World Organization for Animal Health said on Tuesday.


REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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US bird flu response disrupted in early weeks of Trump administration, sources say

Congress not briefed for weeks, reports withheld, meetings cancelled, reports suggest

By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek, Reuters February 14, 2025
The Trump administration has disrupted the U.S. response to bird flu as the outbreak worsens, leading to confusion and concern among federal staff, state officials, veterinarians and health experts, 11 sources told Reuters.

Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File
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WHO says communication with US authorities on H5N1 bird flu a ‘challenge’

By Reuters February 11, 2025
A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday that communication on bird flu had become challenging since President Donald Trump announced a U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations health agency.

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