Vaccinating livestock and poultry for the H5 series of avian influenza viruses does not have support from the entire ag sector. Friday, Zoetis announced USDA issued a conditional license for it’s killed virus-derived vaccine labeled for use in chickens.

Bird flu has infected more than 150 million birds and close to 70 people in the U.S. since it began Egg prices are expected to rise 20% in 2025 due to the outbreak

Zoetis, an animal health company, confirmed that the conditional vaccine was approved on Feb. 14. “When a new strain of HPAI was identified in the US in early 2022, our scientists immediately began work to update our previous avian influenza vaccine,

Three years into a nationwide avian influenza outbreak that has forced millions of egg-laying birds to be killed after becoming infected, Hilliker’s Ranch in Lakeside has been able to keep producing day in and day out with a little luck and a lot of effort around sanitation.

A veterinary pharmaceutical company said they have received a conditional license for a bird flu vaccine to be used on chickens, potentially marking the first step toward mitigating a disease that has affected more than 150 million birds in the United States since 2022.

PARSIPPANY, N.J., February 14, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zoetis today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) has issued the company a conditional license for its Avian Influenza Vaccine, H5N2 Subtype ...

Echoing results from earlier California investigations into H5N1 infections in domestic cats, an investigation by agriculture departments in Oregon and Washington has renewed warnings about feeding pets raw food after their investigation into two cat illnesses in Oregon found that the pets were exposed to the same raw pet food brand.

HPAI was confirmed in 34 U.S. commercial egg layer flocks in 2024, totaling over 40 million layers lost to the virus. December saw the most flocks affected at 15, impacting 14 million layers. Over eight million layers were lost in April, followed by approximately five million in May and four million in November.