H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. (Anis is part of a lab that conducts national ...

As California’s Central Valley makes headlines for the growing ... Vohra explains what we know about bird flu, both the H5N1 and H5N9 variants, and the precautions we can take to prevent it from ...

The World Organization for Animal Health said in a Jan. 27 notification that the H5N9 strain of avian bird flu has been detected for the first time at a duck farm in Merced County, California.

A strain of bird flu never seen before in the United States has been detected among poultry at a California farm. The virus, called highly pathogenic H5N9, is a type of avian influenza ...

Some experts suspect that H5N9 may have emerged among the ducks in California due to genetic reassortment occurring between circulating H5N1 viruses and other flu viruses containing the N9 protein ...

First verified U.S. case of H5N9:New strain of bird flu found in California: Current status in maps The D1.1 genotype was prevalent in wild birds and some mammals in North America last fall and ...

Here are three updates on the outbreak: 1. In January, genetic sequencing identified a new bird flu strain, H5N9, on a California duck farm. Nearly 12,000 ducks were culled. The discovery raises ...

An additional strain of bird flu, known as H5N9, was isolated on a duck farm in Merced, California, last month. The H5N9 strain is different than either the B3.13 H5N1 or D1.1 H5N1 strains.

A strain of bird flu never seen before in the United States has been detected among poultry at a California farm. The virus, called highly pathogenic H5N9, is a type of avian influenza ...