Category: Bird Flu

Food firms to use imported powdered eggs

Major South Korean baking and confectionery companies will begin using powdered eggs instead of fresh eggs for their products starting next month, industry officials said Thursday.According to the officials, they plan to import a combined 400 tons of powdered eggs from China and the United States in February. The companies include food conglomerate SPC Group which operates bakery brand Paris Baguette, Lotte Confectionery Co., Haitai Confectionery Co.

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Greece reports outbreak of H5N8 bird flu at hen farm – OIE

Jan 18 Greece reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus among laying hens on a farm in the southern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Thursday, citing a report from the Greek farm ministry. The country had already reported a case of H5N8 in a swan in December but this would be the first outbreak on a farm.

Egg prices starting to stabilize after imports arrive

Egg prices that have been jumping for over a month from the avian influenza epidemic in the country are showing signs of calming down after imports started arriving, officials said Wednesday. The price for a set of 30 eggs fell for the first time in 37 days Friday, and again Tuesday.

Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – China

On 5 January 2017, the Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region notified WHO of a case of laboratory-confirmed human infection with avian influenza A virus and on 9 January 2017, the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China notified WHO of 106 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A virus. On 5 January 2017, a human case of infection with avian influenza A was reported from the Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region .

City releasing quarantined cats as bird flu epidemic subsides :0

The first of hundreds of cats quarantined by the city amid a bird flu outbreak were sprung from their cages on Saturday, sources told The Post. An undisclosed number of detained kitties were carted out of the Animal Care Centers facility in Long Island City after getting clean bills of health, according to the shelter sources.

Bird flu breaks out in Uganda

… are carriers of the virus. I’ve checked the website of the ministry of agriculture, as well as that of ministry of health and the major media, without finding another word about this outbreak. Is this H5N1, or H5N8? No idea. Maybe we’ll learn more …

Nigeria: Bird Flu – Kano to Disinfect Markets, Poultry Farms

The Kano State government said it would soon begin disinfection of all poultry farms and markets as part of measures to curb the spread of the recent outbreak of bird flu in the state. The Director, Veterinary services of the state Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Shehu Bawa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Kano.

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Beijing, Jan 13 : A new human H7N9 avian flu case has been reported in Foshan City in south China’s Guangdong Province, local authorities said today. The patient, a 41-year-old poultry vendor, is in critical condition and receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Foshan, the city’s Health and Family Planning Bureau said.

Haiti: January 12, 2010

… an earthquake or a pandemic. My interest then was in H5N1 and the then-pandemic H1N1, but Haiti taught me that public health is not so tidily compartmentalized. And Haiti’s lack of effective online communication systems taught me a lot as well. The …

Bird Flu Spreads to Jeju

Bird flu has broken out on the southern resort island of Jeju, which had been one of only two remaining safe zones in Korea. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Tuesday, the National Institute of Environmental Research discovered the H5N6 strain in samples taken from a remote bird sanctuary on the island last week.

Bird flu warning for West Sussex poultry owners

… feed suppliers in the county to raise awareness of the restrictions. I must stress though that any risk to human health is extremely low.” Here are four ways you can be sure you’ll be amongst the first to know what’s going on. 4) Register with us by …

Taiwan reports second H5N2 avian flu case in 2017

The H5N2 avian flu virus was confirmed at the farm, where 2,672 chicken had been slaughtered to prevent further infection, according to the island’s animal and plant health inspection authority. The farm owner was given a fine of 50,000 New Taiwan dollars for failing to report unusual deaths of chicken in a timely manner, the authority said.

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… them inside until February 28 in a bid to protect poultry from a dangerous and highly infectious strain, H5N8. Public Health England (PHE) has said the threat to humans remains very low and the Food Standards Agency is clear that bird flu does not …

Two new H7N9 cases reported in south China

… people who had close contact with the patients have not tested positive for the virus as of Friday. Local health sectors have conducted investigations, risk evaluations and disinfected possible areas of transmission to prevent the virus from …

Time-line cannot be fixed for reopening Zoo, say officials

Caption: Dr. S.M. Bhyregowda, Director, Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals, Bengaluru, MLA M.K. Somashekar, Karnataka Zoo Authority Chairperson Mallige Veeresh and Mysuru Zoo Executive Director K. Kamala Karikalan at the press conference this morning Mysuru, Jan. 7- ‘The CM has agreed to our move to close the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens or Mysuru Zoo for one month and we have followed all scientific procedures while closing the Zoo,’ said MLA M.K. Somashekar. His words were seconded by Karnataka Zoo Authority Chairperson Mallige Veeresh and Mysuru Zoo Executive Director K. Kamala Karikalan.

UPDATE 1-S.Korea egg import subsidies criticized as insufficient, late

SEOUL, Jan 6 South Korean egg importers on Friday criticised the government’s plans to subsidise the cost of fresh egg imports to alleviate a shortage caused by the country’s worst-ever bird flu outbreak as insufficient and too late to meet upcoming holiday demand. South Korea will spend 900 million won to support shipment costs for eggs imported by air and ship through the end of February, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Friday.

JD(S) leaders complain to CM over Zoo closure

Mysuru, Jan. 5- Even as the rift between Mallige Veeresh, the Chairperson of Zoo Authority of Karnataka and K. Kamala Karikalan, Executive Director of Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens came out in the open yesterday over the issue of the month-long closure of the Zoo, several JD leaders have complained to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah demanding action against Kamala Karikalan for what they called her ‘autocratic decisions.’ While Mallige Veeresh has said that she was not aware of the closure of the Zoo following the outbreak of avian influenza as she was not informed, Kamala Karikalan said that she had informed the ZAK Chairperson through telephone and WhatsApp messages.

France orders massive duck cull to contain bird flu

France yesterday ordered a massive cull of ducks in three regions most affected by a severe outbreak of bird flu as it tries to contain the virus which has been spreading quickly over the past month, the agriculture ministry said. All free range ducks, as well as geese, will be slaughtered between 5 January and approximately 20 January in an area in southwestern France comprising parts of the Gers, Landes and Hautes-Pyrenees administrative departments, it said in a statement.

France to cull 800,000 ducks

France on Wednesday ordered a massive cull of ducks in three regions most affected by a severe episode of bird flu as it tries to contain the virus which has been spreading quickly over the past month, the agriculture ministry said. All free range ducks, as well as geese, will be slaughtered between January 5 and january 20 in an area in southwestern France comprising parts of the Gers, Landes and Hautes-Pyrenees administrative departments, it said in a statement.

ZAK Chairperson unhappy, Minister justifies closure

Mysuru, Jan. 4- Even as the Zoo Authority of Karnataka decided to close the Mysuru Zoo for a month, the ZAK Chairperson Mallige Veeresh is not happy with the decision. ‘I was not informed about the decision and there was no need to close the Zoo for one month as the avian influenza virus does not affect humans,’ she said.

Number of farms in Bulgaria hit by bird flu doubles in under a week

A bird flu outbreak in Bulgaria has spread to at least 26 farms, the Agriculture Ministry said, nearly double the figure announced on Dec. 30. A nation-wide ban on hunting of game birds would take immediate effect and a mass cull of birds would be launched in a bid to contain the outbreak, the ministry said in a statement. “By Thursday, the veterinary authorities will cull more than 110,000 birds, mainly ducks,” Food Safety Agency spokesman Martin Radev told Reuters.