Bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has been circulating across North America since 2022, infecting birds, livestock, wildlife ...
How bird disease is driving up US egg prices - Bird flu may not be the only factor that has driven egg prices to new records, ...
With egg prices soaring, the US is considering vaccinating laying chickens, which have been hit particularly hard by the ...
The Biden administration faced significant bird flu outbreaks during its tenure, with the H5N1 virus causing widespread ... an increase of 5.9% compared to 2023. In 2023, the U.S. exported $ ...
Avian influenza is not new,” said Mark Stetter, dean of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. “But what is new is this ...
With record high egg prices, should the U.S. vaccinate chickens against bird flu? Any such program would be expensive and ...
More than 166 million birds have been slaughtered to contain the virus ... cost in the summer of 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey ...
Industry leaders agreed that vaccination was essential, particularly after the devastating losses experienced from outbreaks ...
(AP) — Egg producers blame the bird flu ... anytime the virus is found on a farm. As a result, the number of egg layers has dropped nationwide by about 12% from before the outbreak to 292 ...