H5N1 Wild Birds

A type of bird flu virus that has spread in Japan over the last few years has been found to easily infect crows, compared with past strains of the virus.

The H9N2 subtype of avian influenza virus poses significant challenges to global poultry and human health. During the active surveillance of avian influenza virus in wild birds in Shanghai from 2020 to 2023, a total of nine H9N2 viruses were identified. To better understand the genetic characteristi …

More than 300 dead geese and other waterfowl have been discovered in five counties, and bird flu is likely to blame, officials say.

Avian flu was detected in nearly two dozen black vultures in Texas' Hill Country.

New incursions of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in wild birds, South Korea, October 2024

Utah wildlife officials estimate 15,000 to 25,000 eared grebes have died in recent months from a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak across the Great Salt Lake.

New York City zoos are taking extra precautions after announcing the deaths of several ducks and wild birds amid concerns of an avian flu outbreak.

A red tailed hawk, great horned owl and hooded merganser ducks are among the birds felled by the virus, officials confirmed.

With the advent of cases of avian flu in southern New England, and the rise in egg prices due to limited supply as a result, concerns are rising about the threat and impact of the fowl-borne illness.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and mammals around the world. And that's a serious risk for human health.

Scientific Reports - Asymptomatic infection and antibody prevalence to co-occurring avian influenza viruses vary substantially between sympatric seabird species following H5N1 outbreaks

The avian influenza virus is a global pathogen with significant health and economic implications. While primarily a pathogen of wild and domestic birds, recent outbreaks of the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) clade 2.3.4.4b have caused mortality in a wide variety of mammals, inc …

HRAP in Cannon Beach issued a caution message recently

Dozens more birds are turning up dead from a suspected bird flu outbreak in Plymouth.

Public reminded to minimize risk of spread by preventing contact between domestic animals and wild birds On Jan. 30, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced an online platform for the public to report suspected Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in wild birds. The platform was designed as part of an ongoing effort to monitor HPAI in New York. “Early detection of HPAI is key to preventing its spread. DEC’s new reporting tool will help us understand how HPAI is impacting wild birds, so we can find it quickly and take further action to keep it contained,” State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball said. “I encourage » Continue Reading.

Double-crested Cormorants (Nannopterum auritum) have historically exhibited low levels of infection and antibodies to avian influenza virus (AIV). The recent global expansion of clade 2.3.4.4b A/goose/Guangdong/1/1996 highly pathogenic (HP) avian influenza virus H5N1 (HPAI H5N1) has resulted in larg …

Cllr Alan Amos said the spread of avian flu shows how others should have packed the renewal of public protection notice to stop gulls being fed

As the United States sees a climb in bird flu rates, cases are also on the rise in Virginia, particularly in the eastern portions of the Commonwealth.

WELLFLEET — If you feel like you’ve been noticing a lot of dead birds lately, you’re not alone. According to State Ornithologist Andrew Vitz, we are in the midst of […]

Wildlife professionals and advocates are grappling with an avian influenza outbreak that seems to be growing more virulent among Chicago's wild birds.

Locals who were at Sand Lake early on Saturday morning, February 1 spotted a Canadian Goose in distress. It turns out that their worst fears were true:

CHICAGO — A conservation group in Chicago says hundreds of red-breasted mergansers, a species of diving duck that typically winters in the Great Lakes region, have been found sick or dead of suspected avian influenza — H5N1 bird flu — in the area over recent days. Chicago Bird Collision Monitors (CBCM), a volunteer conservation project […]

There have not been any cases among commercial flocks in Massachusetts, said Agricultural Commissioner Ashley Randle.