The Florida Department of Health in Hernando County discovered a locally-acquired West Nile virus infection in sentinel ...

A healthy chicken typically breathes through its closed beak. If a chicken is breathing with its beak open, it may be sick or experiencing stress, such as from heat or anxiety. Respiratory illnesses ...

At least 212 cases of salmonella infections have been linked to contact with backyard chickens, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. Just over 25 percent of the reported cases are ...

The poultry roundworm Ascaridia galli remains one of the most common gastrointestinal parasites affecting domestic chickens worldwide. Its direct faecal–oral transmission and ability to thrive under ...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Luke Gabriele was a healthy 14-year-old football player in Pennsylvania when he began to feel soreness in his chest that grew increasingly painful. After his breathing became ...

Innovative treatment paves the way for reducing antimicrobial resistance in the treatment of a deadly infection in chickens, according to an international team of researchers. Innovative treatment ...

Two Campylobacter outbreaks in Denmark have been traced to Danish chicken meat. Between July 14 and Sept. 13, the Statens ...

A bird flu outbreak that has alarmed health officials by its pervasive spread across six continents, sickening birds, cows and other mammals, has claimed the life of a Louisiana resident, officials ...

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Luke Gabriele was a healthy 14-year-old football player in Pennsylvania when he began to feel soreness in his chest that grew increasingly painful. After his breathing became ...