Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck Farm, carries a female duck ...

Experts stressed that the new strain did not itself appear to be an immediate human threat. But the rise of a new strain is troubling and points to the risk of a viral phenomenon known as ...

A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize more than 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak transpired at the eastern New ...

The owner of the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, N.Y., has been forced to euthanize its flock of more than 100,000 ducks due to positive bird flu tests.

It’s a fowl day on the East End. An outbreak of H5N1 bird flu has struck Long Island’s last remaining duck farm and forced the operators to put down 99,000 birds, according to reports.

including many who had worked there for decades as the farm’s revenue cratered. “If duck farming isn’t an option, I’m not sure what we’d do,” he said. “We’re not really set up for ...

The outbreak is a significant blow to the region's duck farming industry, as Crescent Duck Farm is one of the last remaining commercial duck farms in Long Island. The farm's president, Doug Corwin ...

NEW YORK — New York’s Long Island was once synonymous with “duck” in the culinary world. Now it may lose its last commercial farm. The avian flu outbreak that has led to the slaughter of ...