A second case of avian influenza, also known as the bird flu, has been detected in a backyard flock in southwest Louisiana, the state Department of Agriculture and Forestry reported Thursday. Earlier ...
A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with what may be the state’s first case of bird flu, state health officials said Friday. The case involves “a resident of southwestern Louisiana,” the ...
“We haven’t really been seeing those adaptations that make us worry that it’s getting more cozy with humans versus, say, wild birds,” Bradley said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
The earlier case in Gage County came from a commercial flock. State Veterinarian Dr. Roger Dudley had said he expected to see more instances of the “highly contagious virus” because it was circulating ...
The patient was infected with the D1.1 genotype of the virus that was recently detected in wild birds and poultry in the United States, and not the B3.13 genotype detected in dairy cows ...