Category: Avian Influenza
With Only Gloves To Protect Them, Farmworkers Say They Tend Sick Cows Amid Bird Flu
KFF In early August, farmworkers gathered under a pavilion at a park here for a picnic to celebrate Farmworker Appreciation Day. One sign that this year was different from the others was the menu: Beef fajitas, tortillas, pico de gallo, chips, beans — but no chicken. Farms in Colorado had culled millions of chickens in recent months […]
Aug 27, 2024
6 cats in Colorado are diagnosed with avian influenza
DVM 360 Amid rising human cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) in Colorado,1 infection cases in domestic cats have also been diagnosed in the state during 2024. This year, 6 feline cases of HPAI H5N1 have been reported, with 2 of the affected animals being indoor-only cats who had no direct exposure to the virus, […]
Aug 20, 2024
How Your Cat or Dog Could Warn of a Bird Flu Outbreak
NYT Like most countries, the U.S. has no comprehensive national system for monitoring disease in companion animals — which leaves pets and people at risk. Trupanion, a Seattle-based pet insurance company, is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a disease tracking system for pets, the company announced this week. The […]
Aug 20, 2024
Influenza A (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1) in domestic cats
Colorado Veterinary Medical Association Six feline cases of Influenza A (HPAI H5N1) have been diagnosed in domestic cats in Colorado during 2024. One of these cases was directly associated with a known infected commercial dairy facility. Two of the six cases were indoor only cats with no direct exposures to the virus. Three of the […]
Aug 20, 2024
Cambodian girl dies of H5N1 bird flu: health ministry
Xinua A 15-year-old girl from southeast Cambodia’s Prey Veng province died of H5N1 avian influenza on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said in a press statement. The patient lived in Kanhchriech district’s Por Marinh village. Health experts were looking into the source of the infection and examining any suspected cases or people who have been […]
Aug 20, 2024
Updated joint FAO/WHO/WOAH assessment of recent influenza A(H5N1) virus events in animals and people
WHO At the present time, based on available information, FAO-WHO-WOAH assess the global public health risk of influenza A(H5N1) viruses to be low, while the risk of infection for occupationally exposed persons is low to moderate depending on the risk mitigation measures in place. Transmission between animals continues to occur and, to date, a limited […]
Aug 14, 2024
Will bird flu be the next pandemic? Vaccines are prepped, just in case.
USA Today A quiet effort to prevent the next global pandemic began rolling off an assembly line this summer behind the gates of an office complex in suburban Raleigh. In this sprawling factory, sheltered by thick pine groves, workers at CSL Seqirus are bottling millions of doses of a new vaccine targeting the H5N1 bird […]
Aug 13, 2024
USDA to take ‘additional step’ in testing beef from former dairy cattle for bird flu
Iowa Capital Dispatch The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to embark on a year-long study beginning next month that will test samples for evidence of highly pathogenic avian influenza from former dairy cattle moved into meat production. Emilio Esteban, the undersecretary for food safety at the USDA, told reporters on a call Tuesday the new […]
Aug 13, 2024
On front lines of bird flu: dead chickens, biohazard suits and shrugs
USA Today The federal scientists in biohazard suits outside a massive ‒ but virtually deserted ‒ chicken farm don’t need to say a word to indicate that something is very wrong. On a normal day, the farm’s driveway would be filled with trucks, some arriving with feed and others departing with cases and cartons of […]
Aug 7, 2024
Portugal: Bird flu found in seagulls in Aveiro, Algarve
Portugal Resident With many saying that the developed world is being prepped for a new pandemic ‘and it is probably going to be bird flu’, bird flu has been detected in seagulls in the districts of Aveiro and Faro – but Portugal remains free of this disease in poultry. So say national veterinary authorities, the DGAV, which […]
Aug 7, 2024