The results, which are published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, show conclusively that horses have been infected with avian flu. The researchers found that horses had been infected ...

Although culling isn’t part of the response for equine influenza, the bans on horse movements and equine events, the mobilisation of a large veterinary workforce, and the creation of disease “zones” ...

Scientist and doctors from around the world are raising warning flags about the bird flu that has decimated poultry ...

An Appaloosa gelding in Hastings County, Ontario, recently tested positive for equine influenza. The horse was purchased from ...

Avian influenza infections in the US have been rising over the past year, but there’s no evidence so far that people can ...

Symptoms of the bird flu usually appear between two days and a week after being exposed, according to the AAFP. They're usually similar to seasonal flu symptoms, which include fever, cough, sore ...

A Chesterfield County horse recently tested positive for an infectious, untreatable and potentially deadly disease.

Like humans, horses can acquire diseases that spread quickly, cause severe illness and, in some cases, prove fatal. Unlike ...

Influenza C causes mild disease, and influenza D is not known ... including cattle, birds, pigs and horses. This means there are many strains that can intermingle to create novel strains that ...