As none of the pigs were intended for commercial food, USDA officials aren’t concerned about the U.S. pork supply. Still, the news comes as H5N1 continues to spread among wild birds and mammals, and ...
SPENCER — He might wander from home, but never far from his pigs. Don Haupts, 97, from Manson, has been exhibiting pigs at ...
Tests are still pending for two of the pigs, the agency said. The swine case originated with wild birds and not from a poultry or dairy farm, a USDA spokesperson said. Wild bird migration has ...
Drivers who use the Port Aransas ferry system say they have seen several wild pigs by the the ferry landing for the past few months. TxDOT and Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) officials have been ...
A bird flu virus that has been circulating in dairy cattle for months has now been found in a pig in the US for the first time, raising the risk of the virus evolving to become more dangerous to peopl ...
The first detection of H5N1 bird flu in US swine has been reported on an Oregon backyard farm, raising concerns about ...
Pigs can become coinfected with bird and human viruses, allowing genes to swap to form a new, more dangerous virus that can more easily infect humans.