[HTML][HTML] UK flockdown: A survey of smallscale poultry keepers and their understanding of governmental guidance on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)

E McClaughlin, S Elliott, S Jewitt… - Preventive Veterinary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The scale of the current outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) due to the
A/H5N1 virus in the United Kingdom is unprecedented. In addition to its economic impact on …

Exploring the responses of smallscale poultry keepers to avian influenza regulations and guidance in the United Kingdom, with recommendations for improved …

S Jewitt, M Smallman-Raynor, E McClaughlin, M Clark… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract Understanding how smallscale ('backyard') poultry keepers interpret and respond to
governmental directives designed to reduce the transmission of highly pathogenic avian …

Salmonella enterica frequency in backyard chickens in Vermont and biosecurity knowledge and practices of owners

KM Larsen, M DeCicco, K Hood… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The popularity of backyard chickens has been growing steadily over the past 10 years, with
Covid-19 stay at home orders in 2020 yielding an added boost in popularity. Concurrently …

Potential use of poultry farms by wild waterfowl in California's Central Valley varies across space, times of day, and species: implications for influenza transmission risk

CS Teitelbaum, ML Casazza, CT Overton… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between wildlife and livestock can lead to cross‐species disease transmission,
which incurs economic costs and threatens wildlife conservation. Wild waterfowl are natural …

Virulent Newcastle disease virus genotypes V. 3, VII. 2, and XIII. 1.1 and their coinfections with infectious bronchitis viruses and other avian pathogens in backyard …

HM Kariithi, JD Volkening, GH Chiwanga… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Oropharyngeal (OP) and cloacal (CL) swabs from 2049 adult backyard chickens collected at
12 live bird markets, two each in Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Iringa, Mbeya, Morogoro and …

Wind Speed and Landscape Context Mediate Campylobacter Risk among Poultry Reared in Open Environments

OM Smith, KA Cornell, MS Crossley, R Crespo… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Campylobacter spp. from contaminated chickens is the single largest
cause of foodborne illness in the United States. Returning to traditional farming practices …

Multistate outbreaks of salmonellosis linked to contact with backyard poultry—United States, 2015–2022

GS Stapleton, C Habrun, K Nemechek… - Zoonoses and Public …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Contact with backyard poultry (ie, privately‐owned, non‐commercial poultry) was first
associated with a multistate outbreak of salmonellosis in 1955. In recent years, backyard …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of the circulation of avian metapneumovirus in domestic backyard chickens in Eastern Saudi Arabia in 2019

AIA Al-Mubarak, J Hussen, M Kandeel… - Veterinary …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and Methods: We collected 368 serum samples from unvaccinated backyard
chickens in ten locations in Eastern Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, we collected 78 serum …

[HTML][HTML] How Do Flemish Laying Hen Farmers and Private Bird Keepers Comply with and Think about Measures to Control Avian Influenza?

F Delanglez, B Ampe, A Watteyn, LGW Van Damme… - Veterinary …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Avian influenza (AI) is an infectious disease and could lead to death,
health problems, and economic losses. Therefore, this study aimed to gather information …

Birds affected by a 2021 avian mortality event are strongly associated with supplemental feeding and ground foraging behaviors

AJ Ayala, T Baillargeon, L Gordon, S Greening… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
In 2021, news outlets and state natural resources agencies reported a large number of avian
deaths across several states in the eastern and midwestern USA. This event fomented a …