Famed for its bald, leathery visage and astonishing wingspan, the federally endangered California Condor symbolizes both a species on the brink of extinction and a thundering success story for conservationists.
Ecology
May 8, 2023
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A third commercial poultry breeding operation in Tennessee has tested positive for avian flu.
Ecology
Mar 16, 2017
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About 18,000 chickens were destroyed at a northwest Georgia poultry farm after tests confirmed avian influenza in the flock, the first time the disease has been detected in commercial birds in the state, authorities said ...
Ecology
Mar 27, 2017
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In 2021, avian influenza evolved into a new form—a new and remarkably lethal variant first found in Europe.
Ecology
May 4, 2023
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Japan has mobilised its military to help with a second mass cull of 230,000 chickens amid a spreading outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said.
Ecology
Dec 1, 2016
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An international team of researchers has, for the first time, identified an avian influenza virus in a group of Adélie penguins from Antarctica. The virus, found to be unlike any other circulating avian flu, is described ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 6, 2014
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Those with authoritarian political views are more likely to be concerned about terrorism and border control than a future new health pandemic, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2023
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Known as "bird flu," avian influenza is transmitted from wild ducks to chickens and other domestic birds. While the virus doesn't cause any symptoms in ducks, it's deadly for domestic birds and can decimate entire flocks.
Ecology
Jul 13, 2020
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California condors will receive a vaccine for a deadly strain of avian influenza that threatens to wipe out the already critically endangered vulture species, federal officials said Tuesday.
Veterinary medicine
May 17, 2023
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When hundreds of birds were found dead along Mexico's Pacific coast earlier this year, experts immediately suspected avian flu.
Veterinary medicine
Jun 16, 2023
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