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Friday, November 16, 2007
UK animal health officials suspect second bird flu outbreak
November 16, 2007 UK animal health officials suspect second bird flu outbreak UK animal health officials reported a suspected case of another bird flu outbreak in Grove farm in Botesdale, Suffolk as dead birds were discovered. The premises ...
Thursday, November 15, 2007
UK authorities suspect imported ducklings as bird flu source
November 15, 2007   UK authorities suspect imported ducklings as bird flu source Day-old ducklings imported from the Netherlands are suspected of having brought the H5N1 bird flu virus into the UK, a major newspaper in the country reported. ...
Thursday, November 15, 2007
UK slaughters thousands of turkeys after bird flu outbreak
November 15, 2007 UK slaughters thousands of turkeys after bird flu outbreak   UK supermarkets reassured customers Wednesday (November 15, 2007) that the latest bird flu outbreak would not lead to a Christmas turkey shortage, as the governm ...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
UK keeps the lid on bird flu
November 14, 2007 UK keeps the lid on bird flu   The latest outbreak of the bird flu virus originated from the Redgrave Park Farm as confirmed by the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), thus the immediate slaughter of ...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Defra confirms UK bird flu outbreak is deadly H5N1 strain
November 14, 2007 Defra confirms UK bird flu outbreak is deadly H5N1 strain   An outbreak of bird flu in eastern England is the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease, the U.K.'s Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (Defra) said Tu ...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
UK confirms new case of H5 bird flu in turkeys
November 13, 2007 UK confirms new case of H5 bird flu in turkeys UK officials Monday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in turkeys on a farm in eastern England. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the turkeys had test ...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Ukraine bans imports of Canadian poultry over bird flu fears
October 30, 2007 Ukraine bans imports of Canadian poultry over bird flu fears Ukraine banned imports of Canadian poultry Monday (October 29) following an outbreak of bird flu there, officials said. The ban on all poultry and poultry product ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
UK firm rolls out portable system for FMD and bird flu detection
October 16, 2007 UK firm rolls out portable system for FMD and bird flu detection   Veterinarians can now detect foot-and-mouth disease and bird flu among livestock in one rugged field kit without sending samples for laboratory analysis. Sm ...
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Bird deaths in Ukraine throws up possibility of bird flu
July 24, 2007 Bird deaths in Ukraine throws up possibility of bird flu The deaths of 170 birds in 11 farms in Ukraine's Zhytomyr Region last week has sparked bird flu fears in the country, Ukrainian newspaper Kommersant-Ukraina reported Mon ...
Friday, June 22, 2007
UK government: British bird flu-hit plant's practices acceptable
June 22, 2007 UK government: British bird flu-hit plant's practices acceptable Audit reports from the British Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) have stated that working practices at the Bernard Matthews' bird flu-hit turkey processing plant in Hol ...
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Ireland lifts bird flu ban on UK poultry imports
June 7, 2007 Ireland lifts bird flu ban on UK poultry imports Ireland's Minister for Agriculture and Food Mary Coughlan has lifted a precautionary ban on British poultry imports due to bird flu, after consultation with Northern Ireland's De ...
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
UK funds GBP3.9 million project to combat bird flu in poor nations
May 15, 2007 UK funds GBP3.9 million project to combat bird flu in poor nations The UK's Department for International Development launched a GBP3.9-million research project Monday (May 14) to help the world's poorest farmers tackle bird flu ...
Monday, April 23, 2007
Bird flu sanitisation measures cost UK exporters millions
April 23, 2007 Bird flu sanitisation measures cost UK exporters millions Sanitisation measures to curb bird flu outbreaks are costing UK poultry breeders and exporters millions in lost profits. The length of time taken to cleanse chicken sh ...
Friday, April 20, 2007
UK farm's bird flu outbreak likely came from Hungary
April 20, 2007 UK farm's bird flu outbreak likely came from Hungary No definitive source has been found for a bird flu outbreak on a UK turkey farm earlier this year, but it was likely caused by poultry meat imported from Hungary, a governm ...
Monday, March 12, 2007
Investigators find link between UK bird flu case and Hungarian outbreaks
March 12, 2007 Investigators find link between UK bird flu case and Hungarian outbreaks Despite earlier assertions that the UK case of bird flu weeks ago had nothing to do with bird flu cases in Hungary, it has now emerged that tonnes of tu ...

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