Category H5N2 Virus

20,000 birds dead, 180,000 to be killed due to bird flu in Wisconsin, USA

A dangerous bird-flu strain that already has hit numerous turkey farms in the Midwest has now been identified in a Jefferson County chicken flock, marking the first case of the virus in a commercial chicken farm in the U.S. and…

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…