Bird Flu Costs Pile Up as Outbreak Enters Second Year February 21, 2023 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers’...
Bird Flu Prompts Slaughter of 1.8M Chickens in Nebraska November 29, 2022 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska agriculture officials say another 1.8 million chickens must be killed after bird flu was found...
Bird Flu Case Prompts Omaha Zoo to Close Several Exhibits October 18, 2022 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium has closed several exhibits and taken other precautions after one...
Could be Months Before Sanctuary Reopens After Bird Flu September 1, 2022 By Janet McConnaughey It could be months before a Georgia animal sanctuary reopens after being closed by bird flu that killed wild vultures...
‘Free Range’ Chickens Kept Indoors as Poultry Farmers Deal With Bird Flu May 4, 2022 By Tom Polansek and Sybille de La Hamaide Organic and free-range chickens have been thrown into lockdown. Egg-laying hens that normally have access to the outdoors can no...
Bird Flu Drives Free-Range Hens Indoors to Protect Poultry April 22, 2022 By David Pitt DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely? That’s a question free-range egg...
US Bird Flu Case Puts Chicken, Turkey Farms on High Alert February 16, 2022 By David Pitt DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs are on high alert and...
Poultry Farmers Building Fences, Hosing Down Visitors to Prevent Bird Flu October 5, 2015 By Lydia Mulvany and Linly Lin In Iowa, one of the largest U.S. egg processors has started to buy foreign supplies for the first time. Elsewhere...