bird flu

Washington and Oregon dairy farmers say they’re stressed out – the threat of bird flu in cattle is just adding to their woes.

As migratory birds make their way north to Alaska, Canada and the Arctic for the summer, they often fly over and stop in the Northwest. The birds could spread avian flu in cattle. Northwest dairy managers are encouraged to up their biosecurity measures in preparation.

The science of getting rid of more than a million Northwest chickens infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza

More than a million chickens at a farm in Franklin County, Washington, are set to be destroyed because of bird flu. Officials are now deliberating on how to transport, bury, compost or incinerate the birds.

Our Richland Correspondent Anna King has won two Gracie Awards, the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation announced Monday. Anna has won the Gracie for…

Last year several flocks throughout the Northwest were killed off and disposed of, plus many more in the Midwest. Now Washington state agriculture…

Washington state agriculture officials are preparing for the scenario that highly-contagious bird flu will be in the Northwest -- maybe for years.Since…

Washington state agriculture officials have just finished up the grim task of euthanizing nearly 5,000 birds in Okanogan County.Now veterinarians will…

Another new case of bird flu has popped up in northern Washington state. This one is a hobby and 4-H program flock in Oroville, Washington, not far from…

Washington state has set a six-mile quarantine circle around a new major bird flu site in near Riverside in north-central Washington.About 5,000 birds --…