A report released in late March by the Journal of Wildlife Diseases has confirmed the discovery of the H5N1 (avian flu) virus ...

Avian influenza – which has devastated poultry flocks, wildlife populations and increasingly poses a public health risk – has now been confirmed in wild bobcats in New York state.

Avian influenza has been confirmed in wild bobcats in New York state, according to a new study from Cornell University ... Notably, one bobcat that initially tested negative at the time of ...

Officials said this study detected the first flu-related death of a bobcat in New York and the presence of antibodies to avian flu in other bobcats.