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New Research Shows Horses Can Be Infected With Bird Flu
A new study has shown that horses have been infected with H5N1 – avian flu – in Asia and that infections have been occurring in horses undetected. The latest research, led by the MRC ...
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Animal illness always comes with a cost
You know that feeling — one minute you’re hot, the next freezing. Nothing stays down, and all you do is lay on the couch, hoping ...
Soaring egg prices are piquing interest in backyard chickens
Are you thinking about backyard chickens as egg prices soar? Think hard, especially in light of the bird flu outbreak.
Bird flu outbreak is ‘really challenging’ to stop, Michigan State University dean says
The Free Press interviewed Dr. Kimberly Dodd, the dean of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, about efforts to tame the H5N1 bird flu outbreak.
More than 100 birds culled at Waterford park for H5N1 bird flu
More than 100 chickens, geese, ducks and other birds at Hess-Hathaway Park in Waterford have been culled after some tested positive for H5N1 bird flu.
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Florida Thoroughbred Positive for Equine Influenza
On January 29, a 10-year-old Thoroughbred mare in Manatee County, Florida, tested positive for equine influenza. The horse, ...
Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway
Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On ...
New, possibly deadly virus found in Alabama animals. Could it reach Mississippi wildlife?
Researchers found first henipavirus strain in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals living in ...
Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway − a virologist and entomologist explain why
From the perspective of viruses spread by insects, or arboviruses, making the evolutionary leap from insects to humans is a tough battle. Viruses cannot replicate very well in humans, which means ...