Researchers at the University of Maryland have received nearly $2 million in federal funding to develop and test a vaccine designed to protect chickens from avian influenza H5N1.
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The Maryland Department of Agriculture says Caroline County’s second case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been detected on a commercial poultry farm.
After a positive avian flu case was found in a Wicomico County commercial chicken farm over the weekend, WBOC spoke with caretakers at the Salisbury Zoo about the safety measures implemented to keep the animals healthy.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced a presumptive positive case of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, at a commercial broiler farm in Wicomico County on Saturday.
After a presumptive positive bird flu case was announced in Kent County this past weekend, Delaware Agriculture Week kicked off with the state's poultry industry in the spotlight. The first session focused on avian influenza, putting farmers on high alert as they learned about the virus, its impacts and how to prevent it.
The Delaware Department of Agriculture says preliminary testing of a commercial broiler flock in Kent County has come back positive for avian influenza, also known as bird flu.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced that laboratory testing on a sick snow goose returned presumptive positive findings of H5 avian influenza. DNREC says they collected the bird on December 8 in Kent County.
The Delaware Department of Agriculture has announced a backyard flock of poultry has returned a presumptive positive detection of avian influenza in Kent County.
The Menhaden Fisheries Coalition says the Chesapeake Bay Foundation mischaracterized the survey's findings and omitted important context, including other potential factors in the osprey population decline.
DELMARVA - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted a conditional license for drug company Zoetis' vaccine for avian influenza.