Avian flu, also commonly referred to as bird flu, primarily spreads among wild birds such as ducks and gulls and can also infect farmed and domestic birds such as chickens, turkeys and quails.

specifically equine influenza and equine herpesvirus, and who studied avian and human influenza viruses for 10 years before ...

Scientists find ‘conclusive’ evidence of spillover infections from wild birds in the east Asian country – home to five million horses ...

BIRD flu can infect horses without causing any symptoms, new research reveals, sparking fears it could be spreading under the radar. It’s a new chapter in the unfolding threat of H5N1 ...

One horse in Walla Walla County, Washington, recently tested positive for equine influenza, and one additional horse is ...

Parts of New England are on high alert after health officials in New Hampshire confirmed the first death from the rare, mosquito-borne virus known as eastern equine encephalitis. Another illness ...

Bird flu can infect horses asymptomatically, recent research suggests, prompting concerns that the virus could have found ways to spread undetected. H5N1, the technical name for the bug which has ...

Texas' Commissioner of Agriculture Sid Miller stopped by KXAN's studio on January 24 to chat with anchors Avery Travis and ...

These insects are said to be behind the spread of the Western Equine Encephalitis virus (WEE). “This is a peak of abundance of the Aedes albifasciatus species after a rainy season, a phenomenon ...

However, given the latest episodes, organizers of events involving horses should require their ... conditions for the presentation of the virus and the registration of equine stocks.