Category: Bird Flu

US Scrambles to Clear Egg Exports to Bird Flu-hit South Korea

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US scrambles to clear egg exports to bird flu-hit South Korea

In 2015, the eggs imported from Europe after the bird flu ravaged domestic chicken flocks has made the US food companies to record the current highs. United States officials are urgently seeking an agreement with South Korea that would allow imports of American eggs so farmers can cash in on a shortage caused by the Asian country’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu.

Highly pathogenic strain of bird flu found in cats

A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was discovered in two dead cats on Saturday, a provincial government official said, marking the first infection of the virus found in mammals in two years. The H5N6 strain of avian influenza which has infected chickens across the country was found in the bodies of the cats in Pocheon, some 46 kilometers north of Seoul, the official said, citing information from health authorities.

Ireland confirms bird flu case, carrying out tests

Ireland has found the H5N8 bird flu strain in a wild duck in the south eastern town of Wexford, the agriculture department said on Friday. Several European countries have found cases of H5N8 bird flu in recent weeks and Ireland ordered poultry flocks be kept indoors last week after an outbreak was confirmed in Britain.

Bird flu case confirmed in Republic of Ireland

The wild duck, a wigeon, was found alive, but unable to fly in Wexford Town on Wednesday, Irish state broadcaster RTE reports. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre said the H5N8 subtype can cause serious disease in poultry and other birds, but no human infections with this virus have been reported.

Department confirms case of bird flu in Wexford

The Department said the finding is not unexpected given the detection of highly contagious H5N8 in wild birds in Britain in the last two weeks The Department of Agriculture has confirmed a case of bird flu in Ireland after a wild duck was discovered with the disease in Co Wexford on Wednesday. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has confirmed that although the H5N8 subtype can cause serious disease in poultry and other birds, no human infections with this virus have been reported worldwide.

Iowa Egg Numbers Recover Following Bird Flu Outbreak

The head of Iowa’s agriculture department says the state is recovering from the loss of millions of laying hens caused by the 2015 bird flu outbreak. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey says Iowa’s egg production in October was roughly 1.30 billion eggs, up more than 70 percent from the same time last year.

Bird Flu Crisis on the Wane

… are therefore not counted as new suspected cases, according to the guidelines of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Meanwhile, several wild birds infected with bird flu have been found in North Gyeongsang Province, and the first case of …

13,500 turkeys culled after bird flu found on German farm

Another 13,500 turkeys have been culled after a suspected case of bird flu was found on another farm in the major German poultry-producing region of Lower Saxony, authorities said on Thursday. HAMBURG: Another 13,500 turkeys have been culled after a suspected case of bird flu was found on another farm in the major German poultry-producing region of Lower Saxony, authorities said on Thursday .

Big data analysis fails to stem AI spread

South Korea’s big data system for infectious diseases has failed to help prevent the spread of the country’s latest avian influenza outbreak due to its alarming pace, sources said Tuesday. The country is reeling from its worst ever bird flu outbreak this winter, slaughtering more than 22 million poultry in a desperate bid to contain the disease that has ravaged chicken farms across the country.

Greece reports H5N8 bird flu in wild swan: OIE

Greece has reported a case of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus in a wild bird, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Monday, citing official information from Greece. The virus was found in a wild swan in the Evros river delta in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, the Greek Ministry of Rural Development and Food said on a report posted on the OIE website.

Greece reports H5N8 bird flu in wild swan – OIE

Greece has reported a case of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus in a wild bird, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Monday, citing official information from Greece. The virus was found in a wild swan in the Evros river delta in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, the Greek Ministry of Rural Development and Food said on a report posted on the OIE website.

Iran culls birds after avian flu outbreak

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Beware! Your cat may just transmit bird flu to you

In what may be the first known transmission of bird flu from cats to humans, a veterinarian in the US has been infected with a strain of avian flu that spread among more than 100 cats at animal shelters. However, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in the US said that its ongoing investigation of the outbreak of H7N2, a strain of influenza A virus, among cats housed at Animal Care Centres shelters confirms that the risk to humans is low.

Monitoring for bird flu intensified

The Department of Agriculture in Western Visayas is asking farmers and local government units to be always on the lookout for any outbreak of bird flu in the region. Dr. Pacifico Lumauag III, a veterinarian at the department’s Regional Field Office, said bird flu can also be transmitted to humans and could even cause death.

China: H7N9 deaths in Anhui are first this winter

Two people in Anhui Province have died from H7N9 bird flu, the first fatalities in China among this winter’s cases, while Macau reported its first human infection of the strain since returning to the motherland in 1999. The east China province has reported five cases of H7N9 avian flu since December 8, including the two people who died, the health authority said in a statement posted on its website and dated Wednesday.

WHO on the Hong Kong H7N9 case

On 20 December 2016, the Department of Health , Hong Kong Special Administrative Region notified WHO of a case of laboratory-confirmed human infection with avian influenza A virus. The case is a 75-year-old man who travelled to Dongguan, Guangdong province from 28 November to 9 December 2016.

Ogbeh puts poultry farmers on alert over bird flu outbreak

THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, yesterday, put poultry farmers across the country on alert over the recent outbreak of bird flu in Kano State. Ogbeh said poultry farmers should apply preventive measures to curtail any penetration in their farms by migratory birds from Europe and other parts of the world believed to be carriers of the virus.

China confirms second human bird flu infection this week

Workers wearing protective suits cull ducks after some tested positive for H5 bird flu at a poultry farm in Aomori, northern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on Nov 29, 2016. – Reuters BEIJING: Chinese authorities have confirmed a second case of human bird flu infection this week, state media reported late on Wednesday, as South Korea and Japan battle to control outbreaks of the deadly virus.

China confirms second human bird flu infection this week

Workers wearing protective suits cull ducks after some tested positive for H5 bird flu at a poultry farm in Aomori, northern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on Nov 29, 2016. – Reuters BEIJING: Chinese authorities have confirmed a second case of human bird flu infection this week, state media reported late on Wednesday, as South Korea and Japan battle to control outbreaks of the deadly virus.

Industry losses from bird flu could top $400 million

South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has said that the nation has culled nearly 20 million birds – or more than 12% – of its poultry to prevent the spread of avian flu, The Korea Times reported citing Yonhap News Agency. A report by the Korea Economic Research Institute predicted that the country’s financial loss could total 492 billion South Korean won after 10% of the poultry population has been slaughtered.

Poultry culled in Germany after bird flu found on 2 farms

About 30,000 turkeys and ducks were culled in Germany over the weekend after bird flu was found on two farms, authorities said on Monday. Some 21,600 turkeys were culled on a farm in Soest in North Rhine Westfalia and 9,500 ducks were culled on a farm in Moeser in Saxony-Anhalt after the virulent H5N8 bird flu strain was discovered on both farms, regional authorities said.

South Korea, Japan step up poultry cull to contain bird flu

South Korean health officials disinfect a stream which migratory birds stay in winter temporarily, to prevent spread of bird flu in Pohang South Korea and Japan have ordered fresh culls of poultry stocks to contain outbreaks of avian flu, authorities in the two countries said. The South Korean Agriculture Ministry said on Monday it had ordered the cull of an additional 2.4 million birds, taking the total number to a record 18.4 million since the first outbreak of avian flu was reported at a farm on Nov. 18. It has called the outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N6 strain of bird flu more severe than the H5N8 strain that spread across the country in 2014 and 2015 before being brought under control.

Poultry culled in German after bird flu found on two farms

Dec 19 About 30,000 turkeys and ducks were culled in Germany over the weekend after bird flu was found on two farms, authorities said on Monday. Some 21,600 turkeys were culled on a farm in Soest in North Rhine Westfalia after the virulent H5N8 strain was discovered and 9,500 ducks were culled on a farm in Moeser in Saxony-Anhalt, regional authorities said.

Farmers put on alert as bird flu hits UK poultry

Irish poultry farmers have been put on high alert for avian flu after migratory birds were blamed for an outbreak in the UK. A farm in Louth, Lincolnshire is now under strict quarantine controls as UK agriculture officials attempt to prevent a spread of the H5N8 strain of the bird flu virus.

Zoos shut down as bird flu approaches Seoul

… in the country’s disease control system. As a result, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said that health authorities are entitled to close any chicken farm or cote if necessary. On Sunday, a chicken farm in Gimpo, Gyeonggi …

Japan culling 210,000 birds amid spreading avian flu

Japan has begun slaughtering about 210,000 farm birds in northern Hokkaido to contain another outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, an official said Sunday. It is the fifth mass cull this winter in Japan with hundreds of officials working to prevent the spread of the virulent H5 strain, which has been detected at several farms across the country.