The poultry industry is on high alert. But authorities have had years to prepare for this moment and plans are being put in place.
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One Black Texas family’s Juneteenth memories show how food became a powerful expression of emancipation, self-determination and remembrance.
The global appetite for factory farmed chicken was deliberately engineered by an industry searching for ‘efficiency’.
The humble soya bean is a vital part of the British diet.
Artificial intelligence can sift thorugh vast amounts of online social media and environmental data to predict avian flu outbreaks.
Competition issues are at the heart of the surge in prices and low production in Malawi and Zambia.
Research has found people see backyard chickens as pets – but wouldn’t take them to the vet. It raises important questions about how we relate to the non-human world.
The collection is a creative reinterpretation of the passions of a muse the designer never met but got to know through Debo’s belongings and surroundings.
Our approach to combating pandemics must shift to one that prioritizes prevention of human infections with zoonotic viruses, rather than focusing on rapid response once human infection is widespread.
Can the virus transfer from infected farm animals to contaminate milk, meat or eggs? It depends on where you are and how well you cook your food. But for most of us, the chances are low.
The genetic mutations responsible for the unusual physical features in animals can also cause great harm.
Bird flu in U.S. dairy cows has Canadian public health experts on high alert. With one human case identified in Texas, what is the likelihood of H5N1 influenza moving from birds to mammals to people?
Artificial intelligence can process large amounts of chicken vocalizations, identifying patterns in the birds’ communications.
Impress your niece or nephew with these T rex facts.
Grandma swore by it. Now science weighs in on the healing powers of chicken soup.
New and innovative thinking is needed to deal with the reality on the ground in South Africa.
Evolutionary biology and the fossil record reveal a great deal about the origins of chickens and eggs.
Vaccination against bird flu offers farmers hope, rather than being caught between the anguish of finding a sick bird and the desolation of having to slaughter their entire flock.
A microbiologist on the deadly germs lurking in your kitchen and why you need to wash tea towels and dishcloths more often.
Tracking data suggests individual chickens have very different movement patterns.
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