avian flu

Cases of avian flu among agricultural workers are raising concerns in the Northwest. The Washington State Department of Health has reported more than a dozen cases of avian flu among workers in recent months.

(Runtime 1:06)Some Northwest dairy farmers have experienced low milk prices, belly-high flooding, extreme heat, extreme cold events and fires in the past…

(Runtime :58)Experts say they are not sure how the highly-pathogenic avian influenza is passed among dairy cattle yet, but birds and cattle mingle a lot…

Lynne Carpenter-Boggs composted her first hog back in 1998, in Minnesota.“It was fairly ambitious,” she says. “It [composting animals] was fairly new at…

(Runtime 1:10) More than a million chickens at a farm in Franklin County, Washington, are set to be destroyed because of bird flu. Officials are now…

With the warming weather, the migratory birds are flying north, and bringing avian flu with them. County fair organizers are canceling poultry…

Avian Flu Sweeping Through Washington State, Carried By Migrating Birds