Bird flu

New cases of bird flu have been detected in backyard chickens in Paraguay, the authorities said on Saturday. READ ALSO:China reports one human case of H3N8 Bird Flu The disease was found in the domesticated birds from the towns of…

Brazil is investigating a suspected human case of avian influenza A (H5N1) in the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where this week the first ever confirmed cases in wild birds were detected, the Health Ministry disclosed. A…

The Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Abubakar has disclosed plans of the Federal Government to stick to its no-vaccination policy on the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) also known as bird flu in the country.…

China has reported a human case of  H3N8 Bird Flu virus in Guangdong province.  The case was a 56-year old woman who had been exposed to live poultry before the disease occured. READ ALSO: Argentina Suspends All Poultry Exports After…

Argentina has automatically suspended all poultry exports after confirming its first positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) or bird flu, in industrial birds at a broiler farm in the southern province of Río Negro. The…

The World Health Organization is working with Cambodian authorities after two confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu were found among one family in the country. Describing the situation as worrying due to the recent rise in cases in…

Argentina confirmed two new cases of bird flu on Saturday detected in wild birds, three days after reporting the first findings of the disease in the South American region. The Argentine National Service of Health and Agrifood Quality…

As the disease spread between cities, Czech authorities plan to destroy all 750,000 hens on a poultry farm at the centre of its worst outbreak of bird flu so far. Bird flu was first detected last week at the farm, located 150 km (90…

Sokoto government has started fumigating poultries against bird flu (Avian Influenza) and revived disease reporting desks to tackle a possible outbreak in the state. READ ALSO: Bird flu: Kebbi State begins fumigation in affected parts…

To contain the spread of bird flu (Avian Influenza), Kebbi State Government has started fumigating strategic areas  reported to have been infected by the virus in the state. READ ALSO: Japan’s worst birdflu outbreak spreads to new…