More than one quarter of the layer population in South Korea has been lost to the disease in just six months. Photo by Przemyslaw Kucinski | Freeimages.com Among Asian and African countries, only Vietnam has reported any new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the last week to the global animal health agency, the World Organisation…
New outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been reported in the last week in Nigeria and Taiwan, while the South Korean authorities are experiencing financial and logistical challenges in tackling HPAI in poultry. Low-pathogenic avian flu has been detected at a third location in Chile. HPAI caused by the H5N1 virus was first reported in…
News from University of Minnesota – Dated 31 Jan, 2017. Recently Cambodia reported its first H5N1 outbreak of the year, which affected backyard poultry. Cambodia’s veterinary authority reported that the virus is hitting more farms, with 2 provinces (Svay Rieng, Thom) reporting more outbreaks in poultry and wild birds. The most recent confirmed outbreak of…
Date 27/12, Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health said that this year, in Vietnam, the Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has reported outbreaks of avian influenza A (H5N1) and influenza a (H5N6) in some households. However, the health sector has worked closely with the agriculture and rural development to…
