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Friday, July 12, 2024
Close to two million chickens to be culled as bird flu found at Colorado, US farm
Nearly 1.8 million chickens will be killed after bird flu was detected at an egg-laying operation in Weld County, Colorado, the United States.
Friday, June 7, 2024
Netherlands affirms effectiveness of bird flu vaccines as country plans to vaccinate poultry flock
Bird flu vaccines for laying hens are effective in practice, the government of the Netherlands said last week, while confirming plans to vaccinate poultry birds against the virus.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
University of Pennsylvania, US develops experimental mRNA vaccine for bird flu
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) are developing an experimental mRNA vaccine to combat the H5N1 subtype of avian flu, which has affected both poultry and cattle and has already infected three humans in the US, Fast Comp ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
New Zealand poultry official highlights risk of bird flu country faces
New Zealand's egg and chicken farmers are being urged to be vigilant and keep up strict biosecurity and surveillance measures in case avian influenza arrives in New Zealand.
Friday, May 3, 2024
US to test beef samples as bird flu spreads to dairy cows in country
The US government said on April 29 that it is collecting samples of ground beef at retail stores in US states for testing, following the recent bird flu infection of dairy cows
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
WHO warns H5N1 bird flu detected in milk, survival in milk unknown
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the H5N1 bird flu virus strain has been discovered in very high concentrations in raw milk from infected animals, raising concerns about its transmission via dairy products, although the duratio ...
Friday, April 19, 2024
Five poultry farms in Hungary hit by bird flu
Hungary has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus at five poultry farms, the National Food Chain Safety Office said on April 16.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Dairy herds in four counties in Michigan, US, infected with bird flu
The detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy herds in three additional counties in Michigan, the United States — Ionia, Isabella, and Ottawa — brought the total number of affected counties in the state to f ...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Eastern Visayas, Philippines, tightens preventive actions against bird flu following infections in Leyte municipality
Several areas in Eastern Visayas, the Philippines, have set up animal quarantine checkpoints and imposed a temporary ban on live chicken and poultry products from Kananga, Leyte, amid a bird flu scare.
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Around 13,000 chickens in Kagoshima, Japan, put down following detection of bird flu
The prefectural government of Kagoshima, Japan, announced on February 11 that around 13,000 chickens in Minami-Satsuma were culled after DNA testing found cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm that raises chickens ...
Monday, November 20, 2023
South Africa says bird flu outbreak under control
South Africa's Department of Agriculture announced that the country's severe bird flu outbreak, considered the worst on record, is now under control, signalling a positive shift in the nation's egg supplies, Reuters reported.
Monday, October 9, 2023
South Africa considers rebate on poultry meat duties as country suffers worst bird flu outbreak
South Africa is considering a temporary rebate on poultry meat import duties to mitigate the country's worst-ever bird flu outbreak, but this has elicited a warning from the South African Poultry Association (SAPA) that it could be the &quo ...
Monday, May 15, 2023
France steps up measures against bird flu in country's south west
France has reinforced sanitary measures to curb a wave of bird flu cases on duck farms in its south-west region after a recent lull in outbreaks, the French Agriculture Ministry said on May 12.
Thursday, April 27, 2023
UK closes Farne Islands following avian flu found among bird population
The United Kingdom's Farne Islands are to remain closed until the end of the summer after avian flu was detected among the local bird population.
Friday, April 21, 2023
US university team studies bird flu spread in North America
As the highly pathogenic avian influenza spreads in the United States, a University of Maryland (UMD)-led team of researchers tracked the arrival and progression of bird flu (H5N1) in North America to determine how this outbreak is differen ...

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