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A case of bird flu has been confirmed at a chicken farm in the Netherlands, the second infection identified in the country this week. The latest case was at a farm in the village of Ter Aar, in South Holland…
Increased numbers of dead harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) from the west coast of Sweden were first noted in March 2014. From March through October, 425 carcasses were detected in several seal colonies in the Kattegat and the Skagerrak seas (Figure…
Hundreds of dead seals have been washing up on Germany’s North Sea coast since the beginning of October. Researchers have now found the cause of death: the avian flu virus Since early October, 609 dead or dying seals have been…
Seal sanctuary Pieterburen and scientists from Erasmus University have confirmed that seal flu is now also in the Netherlands. In September and October 10 to 15 percent of the seal population in Germany and Denmark died because of this flu.…
Authorities in the Netherlands have banned the transport of all poultry throughout the country after bird flu was detected on a farm south of Amsterdam. Officials say this particular strain can be transmitted to humans. The Netherlands’ Ministry for Economic…
Liz Truss, the Environment Secretary, assured consumers that turkey, duck and other poultry is completely safe to eat as Britain suffered its first outbreak of bird flu in six years. Six thousand Pekin ducks being reared at a farm in…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday confirmed the presence of two different strains of H5 avian flu virus in wild birds in Whatcom County, but said there was no immediate public health concern. “Both H5N2 and HFN8 viruses…
A highly contagious flu virus added to poultry farmers in trouble. 31,000 turkeys are killed in Pomerania. The virus was previously known only in Asia. As the disease came to Germany, is unclear. Heinrichswalde / Schwerin first time, a previously…
More than 6,800 people have now died from the Ebola virus, almost all of them in west Africa, the World Health Organization said. The UN health agency reported that as of December 13, there had been 18,464 cases of…
Japan has ordered the slaughter of some 4,000 chickens after officials confirmed bird flu at a poultry farm in the southwest region of the country. DNA tests confirmed the H5 strain of the virus at a farm in Miyazaki…
