Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

The first case of H5N1 avian influenza at a Maryland poultry operation since 2023 has been detected in Caroline County.Officials from the Maryland Department of ...

CAROLINE COUNTY, Md. — A bird has tested positive for avian flu or bird flu at a Maryland poultry farm, the state's Department of Agriculture confirmed Friday. The case of highly pathogenic H5N1 ...

Several local factors - including the minimum temperature reached in autumn, the water level in lakes and ponds in winter, ...

The Maryland Department of Agriculture is urging all poultry farmers to remain vigilant and practice enhanced biosecurity on their farms after U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and ...

State laboratory testing has detected a case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) in Caroline County following routine sampling of a broiler operation and investigation by the Maryland ...

As of Friday, the Maryland Department of Agriculture was closely monitoring at least four cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza on Eastern Shore poultry farms, the most recent confirmed ...

The latest round of avian influenza has skipped Maryland so far, and officials of the state fair in Timonium aim to keep it that way. The current version of “bird flu,” as the virus is known ...

The Maryland Department of Agriculture is urging poultry and dairy cattle farmers to stay vigilant as detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or bird flu, continue to rise.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is expanding its collection efforts of wild bird carcasses amid the highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds.

The case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) type of bird flu had been found in Caroline County, along Maryland's Eastern Shore, near the state's border with Delaware.