Chicks like these are commonly vaccinated for Marek’s disease while they are embryos still in the egg, providing protection against the deadly disease, which is found in all poultry environments ...

LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) – After a spike in a chicken disease called infectious coryza, poultry farmers are being asked to take extra precautions. Lancaster County is being hit especially hard, with many ...

Further cases in commercial birds have been reported in both countries, as well as seven other European states.

For 40 years, they’ve held the front line in Florida’s fight against mosquito-borne diseases. And it turns out that the chickens standing sentinel in cities, marshes, woodlands and residential ...

Chicken diseases interfere with productivity and the growth of chicken and are a serious threat to the profitability and sustainability of the venture. Many aspiring poultry farmers give up their ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A viral bird illness is affecting poultry throughout the country. It’s called Virulent Newcastle Disease and it’s made its way to California. With more than 60 cases of ...

As agriculture officials ramp up the battle against the poultry-killing Newcastle disease outbreak in Southern California, state Veterinarian Annette Jones has issued a directive that state, county ...

A healthy chicken typically breathes through its closed beak. If a chicken is breathing with its beak open, it may be sick or experiencing stress, such as from heat or anxiety. Respiratory illnesses ...

A Southeast Texas woman pleaded guilty Oct. 24 to smuggling chickens into the United States from countries where poultry populations are affected by a highly contagious and often deadly disease.

Chicken diseases interfere with productivity and the growth of chicken and are a serious threat to the profitability and sustainability of the venture. Many aspiring poultry farmers give up their ...