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Bird Flu outbreak in poultry on 30 farms from seven states in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in poultry on 30 farms from seven states in Nigeria. The affected states include Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and the Niger…
50,000 birds killed due to bird flu in Algeria
Algeria has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu on a poultry farm, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. The virus killed 50,000 birds on a farm in the town of Ain Fakroun…
100,000 poultry killed due to bird flu in Vietnam
Vietnam has culled more 100,000 poultry so far this year in a bid to contain the spread of bird flu in the Southeast Asian country, the government said on Monday. The country has reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1…
1.15 MILLION poultry killed due to bird flu in Chiba and Miyazaki, Japan
New cases of avian influenza believed to be of a highly pathogenic strain have been confirmed at poultry farms in both Chiba and Miyazaki prefectures, their prefectural governments announced on Sunday. Chiba Prefecture decided to cull all of some 1.15…
1 MILLION + poultry killed since December 2020 due to Bird Flu in France
Avian influenza outbreaks continue to ravage the poultry sector in France, leading to the culling of over a million birds in the southwest region. Since the first case was detected in mid-November, the number of outbreaks has increased to 264.…
Avian influenza A(H5N8) infects humans in Russian Federation
Russian authorities have reported 7 poultry farm workers aged 29 to 60 years infected with the A(H5N8) strain of avian influenza, also known as bird flu. This is the first reported detection of this strain of avian influenza in humans.…
58,000 birds killed due to bird flu outbreak in Senegal, Africa
Senegal has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a poultry farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thursday. The outbreak, which occurred in the Thies region east of the capital Dakar, has…
Around 30,000 birds on a poultry farm in Northern Ireland have been culled following the detection of bird flu
Around 30,000 birds on a poultry farm in Northern Ireland have been culled following the detection of bird flu at the premises. This marks the first time the disease has been confirmed in a commercial flock in the country since…
UK reports more cases of H5N8 bird flu
The Animal and Plant Health Agency in the UK has confirmed three outbreaks of H5N8 bird flu this week in East Devon and Norfolk. The cases in Devon were found in backyard poultry and the other two outbreaks in Norfolk…
