The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has officially lifted a statewide ban on poultry and dairy cattle ...

California has lifted its HPAI-related ban on poultry and dairy cattle exhibitions, allowing shows to return to fairgrounds ...

A model developed by the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security at UC Davis shows how disease spread affects milk ...

The livestock barns at the Stanislaus County Fair will be much livelier this year as State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones ...

AIV prevalence is monitored in hunter-killed waterfowl in the Sacramento Valley of California. Overall virus prevalence in ...

Northern elephant seals gather in huge numbers at a few well-known Central Coast rookeries, including Año Nuevo, Point Reyes ...

A new study published in ASM Case Reports describes an expanded surveillance protocol for highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) in humans. The report details the detection of two H5 RNA-positive ...

At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) could lead to the next pandemic. A ...

On December 19, 2025, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) lifted its statewide ban on poultry and dairy cattle exhibitions at fairs and shows, following a decline in H5N1 Highly ...

Nolen RS. Wildlife likely spread H5N1 to Wisconsin dairy herd. American Veterinary Medical Association. Published December 31, 2025. Accessed January 6, 2026. https://www.avma.org/news/wildlife-likely ...