Category Birds

2,440 birds dead due to avian flu on a farm in Maradi, Niger, Africa

Niger has identified a suspected outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a chicken farm in the southern town of Maradi, near the border with Nigeria which has confirmed cases of the virus in several northern states.   Authorities in Niger…

Bird flu epidemic becoming critical in parts of USA

Wisconsin’s poultry farms are under a state of emergency, declared this past week by Gov. Scott Walker. National Guard forces are helping as avian flu spreads. As of late Tuesday, yet another Wisconsin turkey flock had been decimated with the…