A fter a relatively tame period for most of 2024, an uptick in highly pathogenic avian influenza is being reported among Utah’s wild birds, the state’s Division of Wildlife Resources said.

A strain of avian influenza that has been spreading since April 2022 has now been found in three more Utah counties, bringing the total count up to 16, according to the Utah Division of Wildlife ...

According to data from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, a large outbreak of avian flu was found in October 2024, when 1.8 million egg layers in Cache County were affected.

This has been the deadliest year for avian flu on record, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which released data last week showing that more than 50.5 million birds have been killed ...

Here in Utah, experts said this was the worst the Avian Flu has ever been, with other animals falling sick too. Watch Now Menu Local National Weather Sports Traffic Watch Now ...

An undated photo of female California condor "409" at Zion National Park. Federal wildlife officials say avian influenza has likely killed 18 California condors in the Arizona-Utah flock over the ...

Nearly 2.2 million birds in Utah were lost to the highly pathogenic avian influenza between April 2022 and January 2023. This total includes eight non-commercial poultry flocks, 18 commercial egg ...

Wildlife officials said 20 California condors in southern Utah and northern Arizona have died since March. Nearly half of the endangered birds tested positive for a strain of avian flu.

Avian flu hits Utah turkey farm hard Utah officias said that in the past few days more than 140,000 turkeys have died or been killed after an outbreak of a particularly deadly strain of the ...

“DWR biologists have confirmed that roughly 15,000 to 25,000 Eared Grebes have died along the Great Salt Lake, primarily due to avian influenza,” Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said in a ...

Chickens wander in the backyard of a Woods Cross home on Feb. 11, 2015. The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food said Friday avian flu was recently detected in a Salt Lake County backyard flock ...