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About 1,30,000 chickens on a farm in Karnataka’s Bidar district will be culled as a precautionary measure after a lab report identified the avian influenza (H5N1) virus as the reason behind deaths of thousands of chickens there. “We received…
An outbreak of highly pathogenic H7N7 avian influenza (AI) in north-eastern Italy has seen more than 17,000 laying hens culled. Italian authorities say it is distinct from a low-pathogen variant of the same strain discovered in “ornamental” poultry close…
A southwestern Missouri turkey farm where bird flu was found remains quarantined after 39,000 of its birds were destroyed last week as a precaution, agricultural officials said Wednesday. The H5N1 strain of the virus, detected during a routine inspection…
An outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza has been found in Lebanon. The farm, in Al Biqa province, held 80,000 birds and experienced abnormal mortality. The farm unit was immediately put under quarantine. 20,000 birds died and…
Iraq this week reported six outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu that happened from mid-December to early February, its first occurrence of the disease in nearly 10 years, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. …
The Plateau Government has closed down 62 poultry farms and destroyed more than 190,000 birds affected by bird flu across the state, an official has confirmed. Dr Doris Bitrus, Director, Veterinary Services, in the state’s Ministry of Agriculture, told…
Myanmar authorities have culled 23,226 chickens as of Tuesday in its preventive measures against further spread of H9N2 bird flu which occurred in Monywa, northwestern Sagaing region earlier this month, local media reported Wednesday. The culled chickens were from…
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…
Nearly 1,700 geese were slaughtered at a farm in Chiayi County’s (嘉義縣) Taibao City (太保市) on Monday after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza sub-type H5N2, in an effort to stop the disease from spreading. The strain…
Bird flu has struck the Sidenreng Rappang regency, South Sulawesi and as of yesterday, the avian flu virus is reported to have killed about 11,000 birds, mostly ducks. The Jakarta Post quoted the province’s Husbandry Agency head Abdul Aziz…