Outside the U.S., both live and inactivated vaccines are commonly used to immunize chickens and turkeys against avian ...

Despite challenges with disease, competition from other proteins and export uncertainty, ground turkey and thigh meat demand ...

The State of Missouri has issued an emergency rule that hopes to curb the spread of avian influenza. The emergency rule under ...

The scientists looked at the virus' genes are saw that it was closely related to avian metapneumovirus, which infects birds. The new virus was named human metapneumovirus. The researchers think ...

WASHINGTON — After a month since the US Department of Agriculture authorized the importation of a modified live avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) vaccine, the agency announced the approval of additional ...

Vaccine will help poultry producers and veterinarians fight rapidly emerging avian metapneumovirus in the United States ...

Further analysis of the virus’s genome revealed a close genetic relationship with avian metapneumovirus, which primarily infects birds. Based on this discovery, the new virus was named human ...