Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) continues to affect the wildlife on the sub-antarctic islands of South Georgia. The latest results from samples taken from the islands reveal that the ...

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Despite its reputation as the Peach State, poultry rules the roost in Georgia. It’s the most valuable segment of the state’s agriculture sector and is worth an estimated $6.7 billion, according to a ...

In late fall, approximately 237,000 wild birds, representing 32 waterfowl species, fly south along the Atlantic Flyway from ... Cartanza knows the odds are high that the wild birds are carrying avian ...

In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading across ... The panzootic had begun. As birds migrate south for the winter, they bring H5N1 to poultry farms. Most infected chickens ...

That’s become a pertinent question for Georgia’s nation-leading poultry industry as trade wars escalate and highly contagious bird flu outbreaks threaten flocks. China on Friday blocked ...