ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is going to start testing raw cow milk Monday for avian influenza.

When the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus made its first appearance at a U.S. poultry farm in February 2022, roughly 29,000 turkeys ...

Minnesota has declared a state of emergency due to a trifecta of bird flu strains. The state's Department of Agriculture ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is launching a new pilot program to test unpasteurized milk for highly pathogenic ...

Poultry diseases are running rampant across several Midwest states. Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen says producers in his state are dealing with highly pathogenic avian ...

A non–peer-reviewed study published on the preprint server bioRxiv suggests that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus shed in poultry droppings can be transmitted by the wind, a possibility ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed a case of highly pathogenic avian ...

Advocates seeking to protect meatpacking workers are sounding the alarm on the bird flu before it's out of control. According ...

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Minnesota has declared a state of emergency over the rise ... among poultry and has been triggering outbreaks in the state ...

The USDA's new plan tackles H5N1 bird flu as an issue of economic concern, and leaves questions about how to manage the ...