Avian influenza continues to fuel egg shortages. Plus, a delayed CDC study on household cats reveals concerning human ...

With egg prices soaring, the US is considering vaccinating laying chickens, which have been hit particularly hard by the ...

California's Proposition 12, an animal welfare law, is being targeted by the Trump administration in a bid to reduce egg ...

For the first time, bird flu has been detected in rats, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed, according to a ...

Rats in Riverside County are the latest mammal species to be infected with H5N1 bird flu Identification of virus in rats raises concerns about potential infection pathways to people and their pets ...

USDA confirms H5N1 bird flu in four black rats in Riverside County, California amid growing mammal infections.

As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to spread among animals, the discovery of infected rats in Riverside County provides another example of the virus' penchant for surprise.

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For the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of H5N1 avian influenza in rats, raising ...

Bird flu, otherwise known as H5N1 avian influenza, was found in four black rats in Riverside County, California, where two recent poultry outbreaks were reported. Officials said the rats were ...

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