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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 ...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
France to kill 2.5 million poultry due to bird flu
The French farming ministry has announced that 2.5 million birds will be culled to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza southwest of the country, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Netherlands to cull 216,000 chickens following discovery of bird flu
Authorities in the Netherlands have detected a highly contagious strain of bird flu at a farm in the province of Noord Holland and the southern province of Noord Brabant, Reuters reported.
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, January 18, 2022
Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Bulgaria
Bulgarian veterinary authorities have confirmed a new bird flu outbreak at a duck farm in Zalti Bryag, Haskovo Province, Reuters reported.
Friday, January 14, 2022
Bird flu, one more problem for global livestock production
African swine fever (ASF) has dealt a very severe blow to swine industries; but as serious an impact this disease had created on pork supplies, it is not known to affect human health.
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Bird flu, one more problem for global livestock production
African swine fever (ASF) has dealt a very severe blow to swine industries; but as serious an impact this disease had created on pork supplies, it is not known to affect human health.
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
More than 600,000 poultry birds culled in France to control bird flu outbreak
France has culled 600,000 to 650,000 chickens, ducks and other poultry over the past month, officials said on December 31 last year, in a race to contain a bird flu virus threatening to become the fourth major outbreak in the country since ...
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Bird flu spreads to Barak, Israel
The avian flu outbreak that has killed vast numbers of domestic and wild fowl in recent weeks in northern Israel has spread to a new farm, the country's Agriculture Ministry said last week.
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.
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Northern France detects highly pathogenic bird flu on poultry farm
France has detected highly pathogenic bird flu on a poultry farm in the north of the country, the farm ministry said last week, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Multiple bird flu outbreaks reported in Europe and Asia
Several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Europe and Asia have been reported in recent days to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), in a sign the virus is spreading quickly again.
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.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Authorities in Kozhikode, India, on alert of potential bird flu outbreak
The district administration of Kozhikode, India, has recently been placed on high alert following reports of suspected avian influenza at a poultry farm in the city.

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