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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.
Thursday, April 15, 2021
China confirms H5N6 bird flu among wild birds in Liaoning
China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu was detected among wild birds in Liaoning province, northeast of the country, and the first confirmed case of the H5N6 strain the country this year, ...
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Commercial poultry farm in South Africa hit by bird flu
South Africa's Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development said the H5 strain of bird flu was detected at a chicken farm in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng province, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Nigeria culls 329,556 chickens in 62 farms due to bird flu
Nigeria said it has culled more than 329,556 chickens in 62 farms due to reports of bird flu outbreaks across the country, Naija News reported.
Friday, April 9, 2021
Philippines lifts import ban on Dutch deboned poultry meat from bird flu-free regions
The Philippines Department of Agriculture has lifted a ban on mechanically deboned poultry meat imports from the Netherlands if the region of origin in the country is free from of highly pathogenic bird flu as listed by the World Organisati ...
Monday, March 22, 2021
France to allow poultry farms affected by bird flu to resume production
France's Ministry of Agriculture and Food will allow poultry farms southwest of the country that have been affected by highly pathogenic bird flu to resume production following a sharp drop in new cases, Reuters reported.
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Ukraine's bird flu zoning measure recognised by the EU, allows poultry exports to restart
Ukraine's State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service said the European Union has recognised the country's measure to establish separate zones in terms of bird flu outbreaks, allowing poultry exports to the EU to resume in the future, ...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
77,000 chickens to be culled in Tochigi, Japan due to bird flu
About 77,000 chickens will be culled in Tochigi prefecture, Japan, after an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu was detected at a farm there, ANI news reported.
Monday, March 15, 2021
Another H5N8 bird flu case detected in South Korea, total cases 106
South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed a new highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu case at an egg farm in Chungju, 147 km south of Seoul, Yonhap News Agency reported.
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.
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Hungary lifts bird flu restrictions
Hungary's food safety authority NÉBIH said it has lifted all remaining restrictions related to bird flu in the country, which includes restrictions on commercial poultry shipments within the country and the European Union, Hungary Today rep ...
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Philippines imposes temporary ban on UK poultry imports due to bird flu
William Dar, Philippines Agriculture Secretary, has signed a memorandum order temporarily banning British poultry imports, which includes domestic and wild bird products such as poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs, and semen, due to bird flu ...
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Two new bird flu cases being investigated in South Korea
South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it is investigating two more suspected highly pathogenic bird flu cases in Chungju, 147 km south of Seoul, and at an egg farm in Naju, 355 km south of Seoul, Yonhap News Age ...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Dutch university researching lasers to combat bird flu
The Wageningen Bioveterinary Research center (WBVR) in the Netherlands is testing lasers to deter wild ducks and geese from poultry farms, effectively preventing wild birds from infecting poultry livestock, Innovation Origins 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.

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