Avian influenza is in the same virus family as seasonal flu. Poultry has proven to be very sensitive to the virus, which ...

The incidence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Sac County, Iowa, has been ...

The USDA National Centers for Animal Health in Ames is at the forefront of livestock research, foreign disease diagnostics ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in four rats submitted for ...

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is establishing a quarantine for the entire state of Mississippi for citrus greening.

APHIS reports two confirmed flock infections in Ohio, while state agencies report positive HPAI detections in Iowa and Indiana.

On Feb. 1, USDA’s APHIS announced the resumption of cattle and bison imports from Mexico under a new comprehensive protocol. With herd levels at a 74-year low and high beef prices, traders had ...

WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture confirmed that it’s looking to retract termination offers made to people ...

Since avian flu arrived in the U.S., farmers have killed millions of birds affected by the disease; however, this is standard ...

The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers it fired as part of President Donald Trump’s broad cuts ...