Scientists watch new bird virus in China
Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of the bird flu strain that recently killed two men in China said Wednesday that the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1...
View ArticleCentre puts States on bird flu alert
The Centre has alerted States on post-monsoon outbreak of highly contagious avian influenza or bird flu, which has the potential to be transmitted from birds and poultry to human beings (zoonotic...
View ArticleChina reports 2 more cases of new bird flu
Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 18. Six of the people who contracted the virus have died. Health...
View ArticleChina culls poultry as bird flu death toll rises to six
Shanghai, April 05: A sixth person has died of H7N9 bird flu in China, state media said Friday, after authorities culled poultry at a Shanghai market where the virus was detected. The 64-year-old...
View ArticleS.Korea culls 2 percent of poultry to curb bird flu spread
SEOUL Feb 6 (Reuters) - South Korea has culled two percent of its poultry population of 160 million to rein in the spread of bird flu, which is affecting an increasing number of farms, although there...
View ArticleChina bird virus likely silent threat
Beijing - Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of a bird flu strain that has killed three people in China said Wednesday that the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin...
View ArticleSixth H7N9 bird flu death as China culls poultry
SHANGHAI: A sixth person has died of H7N9 bird flu in China, state media said Friday, after authorities slaughtered poultry in a mass cull at a Shanghai market where the virus has been detected. The...
View ArticleBird Flu: Irish poultry farmers urged to be vigilant after outbreaks in the...
Alison Healy Food and Farming Correspondent Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has moved to reasssure the public that contingency plans are in place, should an outbreak of bird flu occur. This...
View ArticleIrish poultry farmers urged to be vigilant over bird flu
Alison Healy Food and Farming Correspondent Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has moved to reasssure the public that contingency plans are in place, should an outbreak of bird flu occur. This...
View ArticleScientists: China bird virus likely silent threat
Workers unload chickens from a container at a wholesale market in Shanghai, China. Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of the bird flu strain that recently killed two men in China said it...
View ArticleChina kills birds as new flu strain death toll hits 6
China announced a sixth death from a new bird flu strain Friday, while authorities halted the sale of live fowl and slaughtered of all poultry at a Shanghai market where the virus was detected in...
View ArticleIndonesia Prepares Bird Flu Vaccines Amid Poultry Deaths
By Jakarta Globe on 3:37 pm February 6, 2014. Category Featured, Health, Health & Science, News Tags: bird flu, vaccines Chicken sellers display their chickens to be sold to consumers in a...
View ArticleFast bird-flu test may not go far enough, says expert
The government's quick test for the H7N9 flu virus in imported poultry at the border may not be enough to stop infected birds entering the city, a University of Hong Kong microbiologist says. Ho...
View ArticleShanghai culls poultry over bird flu
Beijing - Authorities in Shanghai closed all poultry markets on Friday and began culling birds at a major wholesale market, after the death toll from the H7N9 strain of bird flu rose to six, reports...
View ArticleState Veterinarian Reminds New York Poultry Industry to Always Practice Good...
(Source: New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets) Joe Morrissey 518-457-0752 Dave Bullard 315-487-7711 x 1377 March 16, 2015 State Veterinarian Reminds New York Poultry Industry to Always...
View ArticleChina boosts efforts to contain deadly bird flu
China stepped up efforts to curb a deadly bird flu outbreak centred on Shanghai, disinfecting schools and shutting down bird markets, as state media criticised "intense" farming for helping spread...
View ArticleMass bird killing in China after latest flu death
China announced a sixth death from a new bird flu strain Friday, while authorities in Shanghai halted the sale of live fowl and slaughtered all poultry at a market where the virus was detected in...
View ArticleBird flu threat leads to closure of poultry markets in Shanghai
Chinese officials shut down all live fowl markets in city and order cull as deaths from H7N9 virus jumps to six ...
View ArticleChina death toll from bird flu rises to 6
China announced a sixth death from a new bird flu strain Friday, while authorities carried out the slaughter of all poultry at a Shanghai market where the virus was detected in pigeons being sold for...
View ArticleChina kills market birds as flu found in pigeons
China has announced a sixth death from a new bird flu strain, while authorities carried out the slaughter of all poultry at a Shanghai market where the virus was detected in pigeons being sold for...
View ArticleChina kills poultry after new bird flu found
China has started slaughtering all poultry at a Shanghai market after a new bird flu strain that has killed five people was detected in pigeons being sold there. The mass bird killing is the first so...
View ArticleChina's poultry industry wants to hush up bird flu news in damage control bid
China’s poultry industry leaders have asked health authorities to share less information about an outbreak of bird flu, as sales have suffered from an ever increasing death toll. In open letters, the...
View ArticleMINISTERIAL PRESS BRIEFING ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN NIGERIA (Federal Ministry of...
(Source: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nigeria) MINISTERIAL PRESS BRIEFING ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN NIGERIA Thu, Jan 22, 2015 Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, CON Honorable Minister of...
View ArticlePoultry industry wants to hush up bird flu news as damage control
China’s poultry industry leaders have asked health authorities to share less information about an outbreak of bird flu, as sales have suffered from an ever increasing death toll. In open letters, the...
View ArticleChina kills all poultry at Shanghai market as sixth bird flu death reported
A vender stands near chicken cages at a chicken whole sale market in Shanghai, China. China's financial capital, Shanghai, on Tuesday activated an emergency response plan following the recent deaths of...
View ArticleAll poultry killed a Shanghai market after bird flu kills 6 people
BEIJING — China announced Friday a sixth death from a new bird flu strain while authorities carried out the slaughter of all poultry at a Shanghai market where the virus was detected in pigeons being...
View ArticlePoultry Farmers Demand Compensation For Birds Infected With Bird Flu
The Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers has called on the government to compensate farmers whose birds have been destroyed, as part of measures to contain the Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)...
View ArticlePlateau Govt Warns Poultry Farmers Against Selling Infected Birds
[Daily Trust] Jos -Plateau State Ministry of Agriculture has warned poultry farmers in the state against selling infected birds to desperate marketers, Desk Officer, Animal Health in the state's agric...
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