wild birds

A Grant County outdoor cat has died after contracting avian influenza from a wild bird. With migratory birds increasing in the area, pet owners should take extra precautions.

The Departments of Agriculture in both Oregon and Washington are recalling wild birdseed containing invasive quarantined weed seeds.

With cases of bird flu in cattle reported across the western U.S., as well as cases in pigs and humans here in the Northwest, health officials are watching the H5N1 strain very closely.  But, why is this strain so devastating for domestic 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...