A farm in the Long Island area of New York has been forced to euthanize over 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak.

Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.

Factory farms create the ideal breeding grounds for infectious diseases like bird flu. The vast majority of U.S. broiler chickens (78%) and U.S. egg laying hens (75%) are raised on factory farms, ...

A farm in Long Island, New York, is being forced to euthanize its flock of more than 100,000 ducks after health officials detected cases of bird flu.

Perdue Farms will incorporate the NestBorn approach of hatching day-old chicks in broiler barns following successful tests of the technology in 2023. “In our mission to responsibly raise animals for ...

The latest poultry outbreak confirmation from the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) includes a ...

Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue will have to euthanize every bird at the facility after H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in the ...

A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize more than 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak transpired at the eastern New ...

A positive test for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been found near Fort Wayne in Allen County on a commercial poultry farm. According to the Indiana State Board of Animal Health, the far ...

Another case of bird flu has been confirmed on a Georgia farm, this time hitting a larger poultry operation near the site of ...

Established in 1908, the Aquebogue site is the last commercial duck farm on Long Island, once world-renowned for its ducks.

Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here.Bird flu has been confirmed in a second commercial poultry flock ...