How to Use avian influenza in a Sentence

avian influenza

noun
  • And then, there’s the rampant spread of avian influenza.
    Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Last fall, on a mink farm in Spain, H5N1 (avian influenza) likely spread across the animals.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2023
  • As cases of avian influenza in wild birds continue to surge, the food industry’s stock of the beloved hors d’oeuvre has been cut short.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Egg prices rose throughout much of 2022, driven by one of the deadliest years on record for avian influenza.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Marsicek cautioned that since none of the chicks have been tested for HPAI the causes of the nest failures can't be ascribed to avian influenza.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2022
  • But, now that summer weather and bird migration has decreased the risk of avian influenza, the board has lifted the ban.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • Many wild bird advocates and backyard flock owners in the state have been watching the spread of avian influenza across the U.S. with concern.
    Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2022
  • The Texas case marks the the first human infection of the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza in Texas and the second ever in the U.S.
    USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
  • An outbreak of avian influenza and the effects of the war in Ukraine on global commodity prices drove the increase.
    David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The recent spread of avian influenza in dairy cattle in the U.S. has startled even some scientists who've tracked a global outbreak of the virus over the last few years.
    Will Stone, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Virus can be fatal The avian influenza can spread quickly and appears to be almost 100% fatal for some species.
    Cheri Carlson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The price of eggs has jumped in recent months following an outbreak of avian influenza, which has resulted in the deaths of millions of birds.
    Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The threat of avian influenza became real for Ashleigh Blackford in March.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Industry experts say the shift comes as the effects of last year's avian influenza outbreak begin to wane.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • The farm is in touch with the state, which thinks standing water from Hurricane Ian has made avian influenza spread rampantly.
    Kurt Chirbas, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Factory farms are an ideal place for avian influenza to spread.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Contributing to the higher retail poultry and egg prices, the report said, is avian influenza.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The process was also complicated by precautions due to a new strain of avian influenza that led to the deaths of millions of birds across the country in recent months.
    Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Last April, the zoo had to quarantine some birds due to the nationwide spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza.
    Megan Becka, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Subscribe There are a few things that make this surge different from prior outbreaks of avian influenza.
    Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
  • As of late May, the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza had been detected in just one backyard flock in Mat-Su.
    Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2022
  • The worst outbreak of avian influenza on record is threatening to stretch into a second year, as the U.S. races to contain a virus that has already caused some food prices to soar amid a shortage of eggs.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Unlike more plentiful species, condors are confronting avian influenza with the cards stacked against them.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Geese and other types of waterfowl are carriers of avian influenza and can pass the virus through saliva, mucus and droppings.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2022
  • There have been some past reports of avian influenza outbreaks on mink farms in China, but no clear evidence that the virus spread between the animals.
    Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 24 Jan. 2023
  • After an outbreak last year of avian influenza, the Poultry Barn is back with live chickens, duck and turkeys on exhibit.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The price of poultry, which could also be affected by an outbreak of avian influenza, is expected to increase by 6 to 7%.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2022
  • But lab tests soon revealed something scarier: a deadly avian influenza virus named H5N1.
    Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The type of avian influenza detected at the commercial farm was the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, the release said.
    Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Experts are also worried about avian influenza, which has spread globally among wild birds this year and is often lethal.
    Jim Robbins, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2022

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