Arkansas agriculture and health agencies are urging the public to avoid contact with wild birds, especially birds that appear sick or are found dead, due to detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Arkansas
Avian influenza has been found in two more Arkansas flocks
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has confirmed a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) on a commercial poultry farm in Cleveland County
In the past month, 108 premises — 44 commercial and 64 backyard flocks — tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian flu, affecting more than 1.16 million birds. None were in Arkansas.
As the southern migration of birds reaches its annual peak over the Southern Plains, poultry keepers, especially hobbyists, prepare to double down on biosecurity measures
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday it plans to spend up to $1 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funds to try to reduce the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry
That omelet is costing more again thanks to highly pathogenic avian influenza, but the egg price rollercoaster has a downhill side too
