Idaho was the only state to bar cattle in mid-March from Texas, Kansas and New Mexico, where bird flu was first detected.Ironically, the virus next showed up on a dairy in Cassia County in ...

Washington and Oregon do not currently have any confirmed cases of avian flu in cattle, but with bird migration season, local farmers are making preparations for safeguarding their herds.

There is a new report of bird flu in Washington — this time in Snohomish County. According to the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA), an owner of a flock — described as a ...

Washington state is the sixth U.S. state to identify a human infection of H5N1, which is a highly pathogenic avian influenza that has been detected in poultry, dairy cattle and wildlife.

Oct. 23 (UPI) --Four agricultural workers in Washington state have tested positive for bird flu, in the first human cases of H5N1 virus to be reported in the state. The four were "working with ...

Researchers at Washington State University will track respiratory viruses that could spread between livestock animals and humans. That includes the avian flu strain that has recently jumped from ...

Now, the challenge is highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, in cattle. Northwest dairy cattle eat rations out of a feed bunk. Karla Salp / (Credit: Washington State Department of ...

Washington State University will get $1.5 million to study respiratory diseases in livestock, like bird flu, in the Pacific Northwest and their potential spread to humans. Since 2021, the newest ...

CHICAGO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The CDC is deploying a team to Washington state to assess the health of farm workers who culled poultry suffering from bird flu after four workers are presumed to have ...

There is a new report of bird flu in Snohomish County, bringing the state's total to six bird flu cases since October. ... not here in Washington, we have seen dairy cattle get it,” Betts said.

Washington is the sixth state to identify a human infection of avian flu, which has caused ongoing multi-state outbreaks in poultry, dairy, cattle and wildlife. These latest cases bring the U.S ...

Dairy in Washington state is the second most valuable commodity at about $1.68 billion farmgate ... bird flu in cattle is just one more daunting hurdle for dairy farmers who are already on the ...