The H5N1 bird flu was found in a backyard flock in Vermont, the state's agricultural agency said Thursday. The small flock of 24 non-commercial birds in Franklin County was quarantined and put down.
The bird flu variant has infected about 700 dairy herds-- mainly in California on the US West Coast-- between March and early ...
Poultry on a commercial farm in England have been infected with the bird flu virus, the U.K. government said Sunday. The H5N1 virus was found in kept birds in St. Ives, a seaside town in Cornwall.