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Nepal has reported firmed an outbreak of severe H5N8 bird flu on a poultry farm in the Koshi region, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday, citing a report from the Nepalese authorities. The virus killed…
An avian influenza virus that emerged in 2013 is suddenly spreading widely in China, causing a sharp spike in human infections and deaths. Last month alone it sickened 192 people, killing 79, according to an announcement this week by China’s…
Greece reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus among laying hens on a farm in the southern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thursday, citing a report from the…
China health authorities confirmed a new case of a man being infected by the H7N9 strain of avian influenza, state news agency Xinhua said late on Saturday. According to Xinhua, a 53-year-old man is being treated in hospital in…
Agriculture writes that approximately 37 000 laying hens were killed in the courtyard outside Helsingborg on Thursday. In total there are 200 000 laying hens at the plant and agricultural work now state that all be killed. There…
Thousands of laying hens have had to be destroyed on a farm in the Netherlands following an outbreak of Bird Flu. The outbreak of H7N9 low pathogenic avian influenza was discovered on a poultry unit in the Hiaure, Friesland,…
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…
Health authorities in the central province of Nghe An have culled more than 2,365 chicken after many of them were found infected with two dangerous strains of bird flu. The birds from two farms in Yen Thanh and Dien…
The rural German district of Cham in Bavaria has reported a low pathogenic outbreak of H5N2 avian influenza. District officials reported the outbreak in a press release, which said that culling at the effected farm was expected to be…
Another outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza has caused the deaths of 1000 birds in Nigeria. The outbreak affected both 14-month-old layers and 8-week-old broilers on a farm in the Rivers area. Another 2500 birds were destroyed to…
