As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in the U.S., posing serious threats to dairy and poultry farms, ...
With record high egg prices, should the U.S. vaccinate chickens against bird flu? Any such program would be expensive and ...
The Buckeye-based chicken farm has utilized air cannons and other biosecurity measures to scare away birds from its Arlington ...
Mass culling is expensive, but alternatives, like vaccinating chickens or luring wild birds away from domestic flocks, would ...
Agricultural officials across the state are urging people who keep domestic poultry to practice proper biosecurity measures ...
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins rolled out the US Department of Agriculture’s $1 billion plan to lessen the ...
The USDA plans to invest $500 million in what it calls “gold-standard biosecurity measures.” The agency will be expanding the ...
Trump, who favors quick, bold, short-term solutions, has reached out to Turkey (one of the few countries with whom he still has good relations) and arranged to buy 15,000 tons of eggs. That may ease ...
The nation's major trading partners do not import vaccinated birds, which creates a challenge for farmers who raise chickens for meat, as opposed to those who raise egg-laying hens.
Multiple moving parts have caused a shortage of eggs, starting with avian influenza and demand, David Murray writes.
DELMARVA - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted a conditional license for drug company Zoetis' vaccine for avian ...
With egg prices soaring, the US is considering vaccinating laying chickens, which have been hit particularly hard by the ...