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Avian Influenza, popularly referred to as bird flu, is now in 18 states in Nigeria and has affected over 2.5 million chickens resulting in the loss of several billions of Naira, the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science has said. …
Some 63,500 poultry birds have been destroyed in four local government areas of Plateau state raising the number of birds affected by the latest outbreak of bird flu from 20,000 as reported last week. The head of the Avian…
The Adamawa State government has destroyed over 24,000 various species of birds infected with avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. The farm manager of Adda-Rogo, where the bird flu outbreak occurred, Muhammed Hassan, said over 24,000 fowls, 250…
Animal health officials responding to a bird flu outbreak in southwest Indiana say crews have finished killing more than 400,000 birds ordered euthanized at the 10 affected commercial poultry farms. The state issued a statement Wednesday evening saying all…
With a fresh outbreak of bird flu being reported in Tripura, the mass culling of more than 8,000 chicken and ducks began on Saturday in the western part of the State, officials said in Agartala. “We have started culling…
The outbreaks of Birds Flu earlier reported in Kano state is now confirmed in farms in Kuje, Abuja and Plateau State affecting over 700,000 birds. The Director-General, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) Dr. Onallo Akpa told Daily Trust that…
Nigeria has reported more outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in its Kano and Delta regions. One outbreak of the H5N1 strain on a farm in the Delta region caused 7973 deaths in a flock comprising broilers, layers and…
Ten more outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been reported in Taiwan. There were three outbreaks of the H5N8 strain, in Pingtung, Chiayi, and Koahsiung counties. The farms affected included a duck farm, a goose farm and…
Arturo Chavez, director of Municipal Ecology, said he recently had received the complaint from the locals, but today just go to the site to inspect it to determine the causes. Every year, thousands of migratory birds arrive from the United…
There have been another five outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The outbreaks were of the H5N1 serotype, and affected two farms and three backyard holdings. Two of the backyard outbreaks affected…
