SHELBY COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - Since Thursday, the Texas Animal Health Commission has been assessing a bird flu outbreak in Shelby County. It’s the first commercial farm outbreak in Texas this year.

CRESTON, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday that Canada geese at two southern Iowa lakes tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Since late 2021, a panzootic, or "a pandemic in animals," of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild birds, agriculture, and mammals. Unlike previous outbreaks, aggressive culling ...