H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

Animal health companies are developing vaccines that improve the breadth and effectiveness of protection against avian ...

At least one pig has picked up bird flu amid an outbreak ... the discovery has raised new alarm bells thanks to pigs’ role as a kind of mixing pot for influenza viruses, potentially leading ...

NEW YORK -- A pig at an Oregon ... a Penn State researcher who studies flu viruses in animals. This version of bird flu - known as Type A H5N1 - has been spreading widely in the U.S. among wild ...

“People also may catch bird flu through contact with wild birds or another type of animal. Bird flu rarely has spread from person to person.” That said, there have been human cases in six ...

A PIG IN THE STATE OF OREGON, NOT HERE, BUT IN OREGON, HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BIRD FLU. EXPERTS SAY IT’S AN ALARMING NEW DEVELOPMENT ... A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BIRD FLU. SO THE USDA SAYS THAT ...

This story was updated to include new information ... May 2022. Avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, is a highly contagious viral disease, caused by the influence type A virus (H5N1).

De St. Maurice said it was this kind of work ... strains of H5N1 bird flu circulating in California. The form circulating in dairy cows is known by scientists as B3.13. A new wild bird version ...

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu NEW YORK -- A pig at an Oregon farm ... This version of bird flu — known as Type A H5N1 — has been spreading widely in the U.S. among wild ...