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Questions are answered by experts at the Oregon Health Authority, other state agencies or community partners. Questions and ...
First we stuffed the chickens into plastic buckets. Then we’d turn on the gas and… suddenly there’d be this screech, this horrible, unearthly screech: ‘Giii! Giii!’ “I hear it even now…” There are ...
Feed stores are selling out of baby chickens. But there are downsides to having a backyard flock, such as cost and potential ...
The North Dakota Department of Agriculture reports it has received confirmation of the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a backyard chicken flock in Stutsman County from the ...
From egg prices to pet food recalls – and now, confirmation that another strain of bird flu has infected a large commercial ...
The agency said the Biden-era proposal would have been a burden on businesses. Food-safety experts criticized the decision as ...
Although avian influenza is a serious disease for birds, significant safeguards are in place to make sure that eggs from infected chickens don’t reach store shelves. With help from Cameron ...
Israel has leveled much of Gaza with its air and ground campaign, vowing to destroy Hamas after its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on ...
So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...
A virus with an H5 was supposed to be a chicken virus. But this H5N1 infected 18 people and killed six of them. “This was a nasty bastard,” says Webster. Webster and other experts descended on ...