Category: Avian Influenza
8 dead skunks found in Vancouver and Richmond test positive for avian flu
CBC The skunks may have contracted influenza by scavenging wild birds, B.C. government says. Eight skunks found dead last month in Vancouver and nearby Richmond, B.C., have tested positive for avian flu. The B.C. government says it is the same strain of avian influenza associated with the outbreak that began in April 2022. The skunks were found […]
Mar 14, 2023
Chile: The Ministry of Agriculture confirms the first case of avian influenza in a production plant
Chile Ministry of Agriculture The Minister of Agriculture, Esteban Valenzuela, specified that it is“a confirmed case in a commercial premises in the western sector ofthe Rancagua commune. The SAG has proceeded to control the area and inaddition, immediately and in compliance with the highest standards,the World Organization for Animal Health (OMSA) has been informed and,therefore, […]
Mar 14, 2023
How to Handle the Bird Flu
(Foreign Affairs) In 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush stood at a podium in Bethesda, Maryland, to make an important announcement. He was joined by five members of his cabinet, two senators, three congressmen, and multiple international guests. It was an unusual show of force for a press conference, and with two unpopular wars underway […]
Mar 14, 2023
It’s Time for a Flu Vaccine—for Birds
Wired Avian influenza has killed millions of birds. Shots to prevent it already exist. Why isn’t the entire poultry industry using them? The wave of avian influenza H5N1—which so far has hit 76 countries, triggered national emergencies, and created the worst animal-disease outbreak in US history—keeps roaring through wild birds and commercial poultry. More than 140 […]
Mar 8, 2023
How to stop the bird flu outbreak becoming a pandemic
Nature From tracking the disease’s spread in wild birds to updating human vaccines, there are measures that could help keep avian influenza in check. Fears are rising about bird flu’s potential to spark a human pandemic, as well as its destruction of wildlife and farmed birds. An 11-year-old girl tragically died in Cambodia last week after […]
Mar 7, 2023
Chile reports sea lions affected by bird flu
Gov Website (Machine Translated) It reiterates the call to the population not to touch or approach wildlife in general, to protect the well-being and integrity of people. Specialists from the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), an agency attached to the Ministry of the Environment, recorded the death of 3,487 funny […]
Mar 7, 2023
U.S. Considers Vaccinating Chickens as Bird Flu Kills Millions of Them
(New York Times) The largest outbreak of avian influenza in U.S. history has driven up egg prices and raised concerns about a human pandemic, though C.D.C. experts say the risk of that is low. The Biden administration, keeping a watchful eye on an outbreak of avian influenza that has led to the deaths of tens […]
Mar 7, 2023
France reports bird flu in foxes near Paris, WOAH says
Reuters France has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu among red foxes northeast of Paris, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Tuesday, as the spread of the virus to mammals raised global concerns. After three foxes were found dead in a nature reserve in Meaux near where gulls had […]
Mar 7, 2023
Bird flu kills sea lions and thousands of pelicans in Peru’s protected areas
(Reuters) Bird flu has killed tens of thousands of birds, mostly pelicans, and at least 716 sea lions in protected areas across Peru, the authorities said, as the H5N1 strain spreads throughout the region. Peru recorded its first case of the virus in November in birds in the north of the country. Since then it […]
Feb 21, 2023
Unprecedented avian flu outbreak continues to wreak havoc in Canadian flocks and around the world
(Globe and Mail) An unprecedented avian flu outbreakthat has wreaked havoc on flocks around the world has forced the cull of millions of birds in Canada, with the federal government paying out tens of millions of dollars in compensation. There have been about 7.2 million domestic birds affected by H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, […]
Feb 21, 2023
