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Bird flu – Avian Influenza (H5N1) kills 25 cats in Poland, world health chiefs say
Most of those who died did not have access to wild birds and one possible cause of the outbreak is raw chicken contaminated with the H5N1 virus eaten by the animals Bird flu has killed 25 domestic cats in Poland…
Finnish Fur Farms Confirm H5N1 Avian Influenza
The Finnish Food Authority (FFA) announced that H5N1 has been confirmed at five fur farms. These farms are situated in the west central region of Finland. At one of the newly affected farms, the virus was detected in both blue…
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…
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…
Bird flu caused deaths of 750 pelicans at Senegal bird sanctuary
Bird flu killed at least 750 pelicans found dead in Senegal’s Djoudj bird sanctuary, after authorities had initially ruled out the disease, scientific analysis has shown. The birds – 740 juveniles and 10 adults – were discovered in the Djoudj…
1,800 migratory birds found dead due to bird flu – avian influenza in Himachal Pradesh, India
Bird flu virus was detected in around 50 crows whose carcasses were found in Indore in Madhya Pradesh last week, prompting authorities to issue an alert. SAMPLES OF dead migratory water birds found at the Pong Dam Lake in Himachal…
137,180 birds killed due to bird flu in Vietnam #Birds #BirdFlu #Vietnam
Vietnam has so far this year culled 137,180 birds to contain the spreading of bird flu outbreaks, the government said on Thursday. The outbreaks, including 38 outbreaks of H5N6 and five outbreaks of H5N1, have been detected in 13 out…
Hundreds of thousands of poultry killed due to Bird Flu in Vietnam #Poultry #BirdFlu #Vietnam
More than 100,000 poultry have been culled in 10 provinces and cities of Vietnam where A/H5N6 and A/H5N1 bird flu broke out, Vietnam News Agency cited the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as reporting on Wednesday. The Vietnamese…
18,000 chickens killed due to bird flu in Hunan, China #chickens #BirdFlu #Hunan #China
A city in China’s central Hunan province reported that it had culled almost 18,000 chickens after an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in statement on its website Saturday. The statement didn’t say…
