Maryland Department of Agriculture.

Maryland Department of Agriculture is working with state, regional and federal partners in response to multiple cases of High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) on farms in Maryland and Delaware.

DOI. USGS. National Wildlife Health Center.

Provides news updates and other resources. See also: Avian Influenza Surveillance

USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

Avian influenza, or "bird flu," is a contagious viral disease of domestic and wild birds. It's a major threat to the poultry industry, animal health, trade, and the economy worldwide. Provides information how to report signs of animal disease, current status and information for controlling avian influenza.
See also: Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza for up to date information

USDA. Agricultural Research Service.

American Veterinary Medicine Association.

UN. World Health Organization.

Utah Department of Natural Resources. Division of Wildlife Resources.

DOI. United States Geological Survey.

The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area provides science to understand wildlife diseases, including avian influenza (AI). Avian influenza viruses occur naturally in wild birds such as ducks, geese, swans, and gulls. These viruses generally do not cause illness in wild birds but they can be highly pathogenic and cause illness and death in poultry and wildlife. Learn more with this geonarrative -- Avian Influenza: Research by the U.S Geological Survey and Partners (Jun 28, 2024)
See also: Geonarratives for all USGS geonarrative / story map resources

DOI. USGS. National Wildlife Health Center.

Understanding how wild birds facilitate the maintenance, reassortment, and dispersal of influenza A viruses (IAV) is key to forecasting global disease spread. The current highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in North America highlights the question of how viruses are transported between continents. Recent NWHC research sheds light on this question and the potential role Iceland may play.

California Department of Food and Agriculture. Animal Health Branch.

Ohio State University. College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

Mississippi State University. Extension.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (Canada). Fish and Wildlife.

See also: Wildlife Diseases in Alberta for more fact sheets

University of Arkansas. Cooperative Extension Service.

See also: Hobby and Small Flock Poultry in Arkansas for more factsheets

National Wild Turkey Federation.

USDA. ARS. Tellus.

Boxwood blight is a fungal disease that can cause the leaves of boxwood plants to fall off prematurely. ARS scientists in Fort Dietrick, MD, are studying how boxwood blight evolves and are working closely with the floriculture and nursey industry to develop methods for testing, controlling, and mitigating the disease.

USDA. ARS. Tellus.

A unique program run by the Agricultural Research Service in Fort Pierce, FL, uses specially trained dogs to detect citrus greening in orchards. The canine-detection method has an accuracy rate of 99 percent.

USDA. FS. Southern Research Station. CompassLive.

USDA Forest Service researchers are monitoring the effects of white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease from Eurasia that has decimated cave-hibernating bats across the U.S. since its arrival in 2006. "The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome grows on bats in the wintertime. It causes them to wake up during their hibernation and burn their fat reserves," says Phillip Jordan, wildlife biologist. Jordan is among the experts featured in a new video, Bats on the Brink. Forestry technician Virginia McDaniel created and produced the video.

Ohio State University. Extension.