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Saturday, February 5, 2022
US poultry producers told to monitor flocks after bird flu was detected in the country
US poultry producers have been told to monitor their flocks closely after three cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza were detected in North and South Carolina, WLFI reported.
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Ghana to compensate US$2.2 million to poultry farmers affected by bird flu
Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Ghana's Minister of Agriculture, said the government will compensate about GHS 14 million (~US$2.2 million; GHS 1 = US$0.16) to poultry farmers in the country that have been affected by bird flu, Ghanaian Times repor ...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
US discovers more bird flu cases, confirms strain
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has discovered two more cases of highly pathogenic avian flu among wild birds and confirmed the country's first bird flu case two days ago as the H5N1 strain, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
First bird flu case detected in a wild bird in the US since 2016
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it has detected the first case of Eurasian H5 avian influenza, a highly pathogenic type of avian influenza in a wild bird in South Carolina, the first detected in a wild bird since 2016, Reuter ...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
New bird flu cluster discovered in northern France
Local authorities in northern France said on December 6 a new bird flu cluster had been detected over the weekend in the region, adding that two additional possible bird flu cases in poultry farms were currently under investigation.
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
USPOULTRY Live Production, Welfare and Biosecurity Webinar focused on bird welfare, avian influenza updates
During USPOULTRY's 2021 Live Production, Welfare and Biosecurity Webinar, Kay Johnson Smith, president and chief executive officer of the Animal Agriculture Alliance, discussed animal rights activists and other groups targeting animal agric ...
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Pirbright's new bird flu vaccine provides rapid protection, could reduce virus spread
An improved poultry influenza vaccine has been developed by researchers from UK-based Pirbright Institute.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
US songbird deaths seemingly of no credible threat to poultry sector
Unknown songbird deaths - that first occurred in Washington, DC, the United States, in mid-May, and are currently reported in 36 counties in US state Pennsylvania - do not appear to be a threat to the poultry industry.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Poultry owners in Ohio, US, advised to protect flocks following reports of dying songbirds
US state Ohio's Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) are advising hobby and backyard poultry owners to take steps to protect their flocks following reports of sick and dying songbirds in Ohio a ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Bulgaria to cull 40,000 hens after bird flu outbreak at industrial farm
Veterinary authorities in Bulgaria will cull 40,000 laying hens in the southeastern village of Krivo Pole following a bird flu outbreak at an industrial farm at the area, the fifth since the start of the year, the food safety agency said on ...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Challenges intensify for South African poultry industry as bird flu found at two more farms
South Africa's poultry industry faces a bumpier road ahead as a pathogenic bird-flu strain was detected on two more farms this week.
Monday, March 15, 2021
Russia warns of mutating H5N8 bird flu human-to-human transmission
Anna Popova, head of Rospotrebnadzor, Russia's health watchdog, said the mutating H5N8 bird flu has a high risk of human-to-human transmission, The Moscow Times reported.
Friday, March 5, 2021
The Philippines temporarily bans poultry imports from Russia due to bird flu
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture ordered a temporary ban on domesticated and wild birds from Russia following highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu outbreaks there, Manila Times reported.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
New suspected bird flu case under investigation in South Korea, total caseload at 102
South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it is currently investigating a new suspected highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu case at an egg farm in Pocheon, 46 km north of Seoul, with the confirmed total caseload remaini ...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Australia regains bird flu freedom status
Australia has regained freedom status from the highly pathogenic bird flu in accordance with World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) guidelines, following successful eradication of outbreaks in Victoria and ongoing surveillance showing n ...

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