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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...

Since December 2014, there have been several highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) confirmations in migratory wild birds, back yard flocks, captive wild birds and commercial poultry in several states along the Pacific, Mississippi and Central Flyways. These HPAI virus strains can travel in wild...

USDA is revving up its surveillance of wild bird populations after recent detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in wild birds and the recent detection in an Indiana commercial turkey operation. (Garr Crawford and Dr. Julianna Lenoch with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

Animal disease experts are collecting a massive amount of data on the outbreak of avian influenza in dairy herds. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Dr. Rosemary Sifford with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

Vaccinating poulty flocks against avian influenza would not totally erase the bird flu problem, says one expert. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Dr. Yuko Sato with Iowa State University.

Dr. Yuko Sato with Iowa State University, talking about another aspect that would have to be considered in any future plan to vaccinate poultry flocks for avian influenza.

Vaccinating poulty flocks against avian influenza would not totally eliminate the bird flu problem, says one expert. (Gary Crawford and Dr. Yuko Sato with Iowa State University.

The current U.S. avian influenza situation is unlike past bird flu outbreaks on several levels. (Gary Crawford and Dr. Rosemary Sifford, with Veterinary Services of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,

Even as detections of high path avian influenza are continuing, there are at least a few encouraging signs. (Gary Crawford and Dr. Rosemary Sifford, with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

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)