The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) announced on Wednesday the first detection of the H5N9 strain of avian influenza in the Philippines. The agency attached to the Department of Agriculture (DA ...

The World Organization for Animal Health said in a Jan. 27 notification that the H5N9 strain of avian bird flu has been detected for the first time at a duck farm in Merced County, California.

A new variant, H5N9, recently appeared in California. What should readers know? Yes, a new bird flu variant was discovered at a duck farm in late January. It has the potential to be more virulent for ...

A Second Type of Bird Flu is Circulating in U.S. Ducks—What to Know Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry ...

I n late January, scientists at the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) reported the first cases of H5N9 avian influenza in the U.S., on a duck farm in California. The latest strain isn ...

Some experts suspect that H5N9 may have emerged among the ducks in California due to genetic reassortment occurring between circulating H5N1 viruses and other flu viruses containing the N9 protein ...

“We want to know what the risk is here, especially with this new highly pathogenic avian influenza strain now being reported at a California duck farm, H5N9,” said Crystal Heath, a ...

A new strain of bird flu has been detected on a duck farm in California. The World Organisation for Animal Health reported the outbreak of the new strain, H5N9, earlier this week.

Credit: Shutterstock This week, the World Organization for Animal Health reported that it had been notified by the USDA that a November outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a California ...

HealthDay News — A new strain of bird flu, H5N9, has been detected for the first time in the US, raising concerns about how it continues to spread. The strain was discovered at a commercial duck ...

The first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry has been reported in California on a duck farm leading to the culling of nearly 119,000 birds and concerns. Greg Heilman Update: Jan 29th, 2025 14:02 EST ...

Outbreak of H5N9 Bird Flu in US: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 67 people in the U.S. have been infected with H5N1 bird flu. One person has died.