As summer approaches, infectious diseases such as H5N1 — commonly known as bird flu — can spread more easily and potentially ...

The H5N1 2.3.4.4b strain, which emerged as the dominant variant in 2021, has evolved to spread rapidly across species barriers. Migratory birds, shifting climate patterns, and weakened biosecurity ...

Experimental infection studies in lactating Holstein cows showed that H5N1 B3.13 can infect the bovine mammary gland at doses ...

While further outbreaks of HPAI continue to hit Polish poultry farms, France is the only other European state to confirm ...

Virologists and public health specialists have warned about the pandemic threat for years. H5N1, a problem in chickens for decades, first infected humans in 1997, in an outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...

Since late 2021, a panzootic, or "a pandemic in animals," of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild birds, agriculture, and mammals. Unlike previous outbreaks, aggressive culling ...

Dairy farms function as complex ecosystems of animals, people, and environments, where interconnected interactions can drive the spread of pathogens like H5N1, making mitigation efforts a shared ...

H5N1 strains have been circulating among wild and domestic birds in the U.S. since 2021. In 2024, it began to cause outbreaks in dairy cows. It also became apparent that cats could catch H5N1 from ...

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Several hundred crows were found dead across different parts of Chennai on Friday, with laboratory investigations confirming the presence of the H5N1 virus, signalling the spread of avian influenza in ...