Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled H5, ...

The Department of Agriculture has announced the country’s first mass vaccination program for poultry to prevent avian flu ...

The Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is helping play a role in detecting diseases in companion animals, ...

And now I noted that there’s concerns about people’s pets, right? Goldstein: We here in Massachusetts have H5n1 avian influenza in wild birds that are flying around the state in and out of the state, ...

Avian flu is spread through a bird’s saliva ... and Environmental Affairs said bird flu was widespread throughout Massachusetts. "Evidence suggests that HPAI is widespread in Massachusetts ...

Other reported infections in mammals include a fox in North Dakota, a bobcat in Washington state, a mountain lion in Wisconsin, and a harbor seal in Massachusetts. Several cases of avian flu also ...

Avian flu is becoming an increasing concern at zoos across the country. Recently, it was revealed a seal at a zoo in Massachusetts died of it. The Buttonwood Park Zoo said in a social media post ...

A seal at a Massachusetts zoo died this month after contracting bird flu. Blue, the Buttonwood Park Zoo’s beloved 21-year-old harbor seal, died due to complications from Highly Pathogenic Avian ...

THEY ARE STILL MOURNING BLUE. Avian flu is being blamed for the sudden death of a beloved seal at a Massachusetts zoo last week. Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal, was a resident of the Buttonwood ...

Four black rats were confirmed to have H5N1 avian flu in late January in Riverside ... including a harbor seal in Massachusetts, a fox in North Dakota, a bobcat in Washington state and a domestic ...