Tagged: Avian Influenza
News (13)
NewsVietnam's Vinh Long tightens disease controls as herds expand ahead of Tet restocking
Avian influenza vaccination has reached 90.88% of the annual plan, while lumpy skin disease coverage lags at 55.45%.
NewsChina reports two new human H9N2 avian influenza cases in Anhui and Beijing
Both patients had live poultry market exposure and have since recovered, the WHO says, bringing the regional case tally to 179 since 2015.
NewsThailand plans 2027 layer breeding as bird flu spreads worldwide
The Department of Livestock Development is stepping up surveillance as HPAI spreads worldwide, while reviewing 2027 breeding stock plans to balance egg supply.
NewsIngham's flags higher Australian chicken prices as FY2027 costs rise A$130 million
The poultry major attributes the increase to feed, Middle East shipping costs and embedded inflation, rather than to avian influenza.
NewsJapan moves closer to resuming imports of Ukrainian poultry meat and eggs
A Japanese audit of Ukraine's food safety controls could pave the way for the first Ukrainian poultry shipments to Japan in roughly five years.
NewsAustralia launches H5 bird flu vaccination programme as detections reach 231 with no poultry cases yet confirmed
Captive birds are the priority for vaccination as authorities warn mass wildlife mortality events will continue, while commercial poultry operations remain unaffected to date.
NewsH5N1 detected in New South Wales as Australia's confirmed cases reach six
No spread to commercial or backyard poultry has been recorded, but authorities have intensified surveillance across wildlife and livestock.
NewsOver 336,000 pigs and poultry dead or culled in Vietnam in first half of 2026 as ASF and bird flu intensify
Overall herd growth continued despite the surge, with pig numbers up 2.2% and poultry up 3.1% year-on-year by end of June.
NewsNepal culls nearly 570,000 birds as H5N1 outbreak spreads to 11 districts and more than 100 farms
Authorities have also destroyed 989,000 eggs and closed the country's only zoo in Kathmandu after the virus was detected in a dead crow found on the premises.
NewsAustralia detects first H5 bird flu case, completing global spread of strain
No mass mortalities or poultry infections have been confirmed yet, but the detection marks Australia's emergence as the last continent to record the highly pathogenic strain.
NewsSouth Korea's egg prices top 5,000 won as heatwave fuels food inflation concerns
A first-ever monthly average above the 5,000 won threshold follows mass culling after last winter's avian influenza outbreak, with the government moving to import over 21 million eggs to stabilise supply.
NewsSaudi Arabia bans poultry and egg imports from India and 39 other countries over disease concerns
The kingdom's food safety authority expands import restrictions as part of ongoing measures to guard against avian influenza and other animal disease risks.
NewsNew avian influenza vaccine trials begin in UK
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) vaccine trials have started in the United Kingdom on March 5 in a major step forward in the fight against the disease.
