Category: Avian Influenza
Bolivia battles avian flu outbreaks at layer farms
Watt Poultry Over 50,000 birds have died due to the disease in the past month. March saw even more outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) at Bolivian commercial layer farms, according to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH).
Apr 18, 2023
USDA announces avian influenza vaccine trials
Ag Daily As producers prepare for the peak highly pathogenic avian influenza season in the spring and summer months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that they’re testing a number of potential vaccines. The announcement came during an April 13 roundtable discussion with poultry industry stakeholders. Initial data from the animal study with a single dose of the vaccine are […]
Apr 18, 2023
Bird flu infects a dozen mammals as outbreak in Montana continues
Montana Standard Officials are warning Montanans to keep themselves and their pets away from dead birds, as a bird flu outbreak now in its second year starts to infect more mammals. In Montana, close to 82,500 domestic birds have been culled from the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, since the state saw its […]
Apr 18, 2023
Bird Flu in Chilean Man Shows Virus Adapting to Human Spread
Physicians Weekly Tests done on a Chilean man infected with bird flu showed signs that the virus has partially adapted to spread between mammals. However, the public health risk still remains low, U.S. health officials say. “Those genetic changes have been seen previously with past H5N1 infections, and have not resulted in spread between people,” […]
Apr 18, 2023
Bird flu kills thousands of waterbirds in West Africa
Bird Guides Thousands of waterbirds have reportedly died in Senegal and The Gambia in recent weeks as both countries are hit hard by an outbreak of bird flu (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; HPAI). More than 1,700 birds have been reported as killed by the virus in Senegal, where the victims have included Great White Pelicans, Great Cormorants, Grey-headed Gulls and […]
Apr 18, 2023
Avian Influenza found locally in domestic cat
Thermopolis Independent Record Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory (WSVL) diagnosed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in a barn cat near Thermopolis. According to WSVL, wild birds, particularly water fowl, have been affected in large numbers by HPAI, but in recent months they have detected the virus in wild carnivorous mammals including mountain lions and a […]
Apr 11, 2023
Chile: 32 specimens of marine animals confirmed with HPAI H5N1
Chile Govt Website (MACHINE TRANSLATED) There are already 2,740 specimens of common sea lions, Humboldt penguins, chungungos and 1 porpoise, which have stranded dead on the coasts of our country during the first quarter of 2023, mainly in the north. The epidemiological situation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) by H5 subtype of Eurasian lineage […]
Apr 11, 2023
Gambia confirms bird flu
The Point The general public is hereby informed that High Pathogenicity Avian influenza (HPAI) type H5N1 has just been confirmed in wild birds in The Gambia. This followed a joint investigation conducted by the Department of Parks and Wild life Management (DPWM) of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources and the Department […]
Apr 11, 2023
At Least 3 California Condors Die From Bird Flu in Arizona
NYT Exposure to the virus is expected to rise as condors, an endangered species, migrate north in the spring, the National Park Service said. At least three California condors in northern Arizona have died since last month from bird flu, which could spread and pose yet another threat to the endangered species, the National Park Service […]
Apr 11, 2023
FROM BAD TO WORSE
Science The victims are varied, from thousands of sea lions off the coast of Peru to mink farmed for fur in Spain to grizzly bears in Montana and harbor seals in Maine. For months, the avian influenza virus that has been decimating birds across the world has also sickened and killed a menagerie of mammals, raising fears […]
Apr 6, 2023
