wild birds

The 2015 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak was spread primarily by people and machines carrying the virus from one location to another.    But in this current outbreak.  “The vast majority of our introductions into domestic poultry are from interaction with a wild bird of some type,” which Dr. Rosemary Sifford with the USDA’s Ve...

Avian influenza losses are nearing a record in the United States this year, as the virus has infected more wild birds that transmit the disease.  According to Reuters, more than 47 million birds have died from infections and culling.  The out...