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Dr. Yuko Sato with Iowa State University, talking about the massive logistics that would be involved in vaccinating the nation's poultry flocks against bird flu.

The Agriculture Secretary says the current outbreak of avian influenza may end up being less severe than the last major outbreak in 2015. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Here's why dairy herd depopulation is not being advised for the current avian influenza outbreak in some dairy operations. (Gary Crawford and Dr. Rosemary Sifford with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

How close are we to being able to vaccinate poultry against avian influenza? (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

USDA is preparing a special risk assessment report to help guide poultry producers' responses to the ongoing avian influenza outbreak. (Gary Crawford and Dr. Rosemary Sifford with Veterinary Services of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

Dr. Rosemary Sifford, with Veterinary Services of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, saying this current U.S. avian influenza outbreak is causing far fewer losses of export markets than was the case in the 2015 outbreak.

USDA economist, Matt Maclachlan, saying that avian influenza has caused the loss of about 2 million laying hens. That is contributing to retail eggs costing 32% more than one year ago.

Avian influenza (AI)--the bird flu--is a virus that infects wild birds (such as ducks, gulls, and shorebirds) and domestic poultry (such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese). There is flu for birds just as there is for humans and, as with people, some forms of the flu in birds are worse than...

Moderator: Rodney Bain April 22, 2015 11:00 am EDT Coordinator: Good day and welcome to today's live broadcast from the USDA Radio Studios in Washington D.C. featuring USDA's Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr. John Clifford, as well as Dr. Alicia Fry of the Centers for Disease Control, and Dr. David...