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An outbreak of H5N2 low pathogenic avian influenza was found on a farm in Coudures, Landes department, last week. Outbreaks have been going on in France since November last year, but have slowed considerably since the end of winter.…
Niger has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus among poultry, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Friday, as the disease continues to hit flocks across West Africa. Niger’s veterinary services submitted…
Three new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been reported in Plateau province in Nigeria. Over 18,000 birds were culled, and 278 birds died from the disease, in the H5N1 strain outbreaks. The birds affected included pullets…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs banned the transport of poultry and eggs from all poultry farms in Gyeonggi Province, Saturday, after a new avian influenza case was confirmed on a duck farm in Icheon. The order…
H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza has been found at fifteen more locations in Nigeria. The outbreaks affected six backyard and nine farm premises in the Plateau and Kano regions. Mostly layers were affected, but also some broilers and turkeys.…
A total of 5,847 chickens at a poultry farm in Tainan, a municipal city in southern Taiwan, were culled Thursday after the farm confirmed detecting the H5 strain of avian influenza virus, according to the Tainan City Animal Health Inspection…
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…
