Bird flu outbreaks often occur three to 10 days after spikes of waterfowl abundance within 2.5 miles of affected farms, says Maurice Pitesky, UCCE poultry specialist.

The El Niño rains come with many challenges for farmers. Today, we look at two poultry diseases that follow heavy rains. The flood waters provide favourable conditions for multiplication and growth of ...

Prevent poultry access to open water sources such as puddles, ditches, ponds or seasonal water accumulation. Provide ...

Governments have spent more than $35 million and imposed quarantines in three states to stop the spread of a poultry disease that has stripped many farmers of their flocks and forced others to pay ...

Salmonellosis in your flocks is a threat to you and your customers. Salmonellosis is a disease of both humans and animals caused by a bacteria called salmonella. It is also commonly referred to as ...

Disease. One of the scariest words in farming and food production. In a state that’s king of the poultry industry, expert planning, precautions and emergency response are chief priorities to keep ...

HPAI has been confirmed in three new poultry flocks in Indiana. On February 19, the presence of HPAI was confirmed in a flock of 18,700 commercial turkey breeder hens in Boone County and a flock of ...

The presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a commercial meat duck flock in Indiana, while a commercial turkey farm in the state has been reported as a ...

Attenuated live vaccines that protect poultry against Newcastle Disease may be altering the genetic makeup of the wild virus strains, which could make future outbreaks unpredictable and difficult to ...

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Researchers say a serious new form of a viral poultry disease has been found in Washington state. Infectious bursal disease virus, known as IBDV for short, is not known to infect ...

On a September afternoon, Georgie Cartanza walked inside one of her chicken houses to check on tens of thousands of chicks. The chicks, just three days old, were smaller and lighter than a tennis ball ...

The live poultry show has been canceled at next month’s Riverside County Fair. The ever-popular ostrich races are a scratch too. And hundreds of California schoolchildren who have spent the last year ...