bird flu
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Bird flu infection rates on Chinese poultry farms may be far higher than previously thought
Feb 18, 2017News Hour: Bird flu infection rates on Chinese poultry farms may be far higher than previously thought, because the strain of the deadly virus that has killed more than 100 people this winter is hard to... -
Taiwan culled nearly 130,000 poultry s H5N6 bird flu cases confirmed
Feb 13, 2017News Hour: Taiwan has culled nearly 130,000 poultry since the start of this year as authorities on Tuesday reported a fresh strain of bird flu cases on the island. The highly pathogenic H5N6 avian flu has... -
30 percent of China’s live poultry markets contaminated with the H7N9 bird flu virus
Feb 12, 2017News Hour: Authorities in China’s third-largest city warned that about 30 percent of its live poultry markets were contaminated with the H7N9 avian flu virus, as an eastern province ordered markets to shut, state media reported... -
First case of H5N8 bird flu reported in Bosnia
Feb 12, 2017News Hour: Bosnia reported its first case of bird flu on Sunday after the H5N8 strain was detected at a hen farm in the northwestern town of Prijedor. The authorities took measures to contain the outbreak... -
Czech Repubic ordered a cull of up to 20,000 ducks and other poultry in the biggest single case of bird flu outbreak
Feb 6, 2017News Hour: Czech authorities ordered a cull of up to 20,000 ducks and other poultry at a producer in the south of the country on Monday in the biggest single case of this year’s bird flu... -
Portugal reinforced veterinary controls after detecting an isolated case of bird flu virus in a gray heron
Feb 2, 2017News Hour: Portugal has reinforced veterinary controls in the southern Algarve region after detecting an isolated case of a highly contagious strain of bird flu virus in a gray heron, officials said. The Agriculture Ministry’s Veterinary... -
Hungary issued an order to keep all poultry inside to contain bird flu
Feb 2, 2017News Hour: Hungary’s chief veterinarian has issued an order that all poultry must be kept inside after the bird flu virus spread to 11 countries and more than 3 million birds had to be culled. The... -
Macedonia reported outbreak of the bird flu virus at a farm
Jan 30, 2017News Hour: Macedonia reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus at a farm in the southwestern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday, citing a... -
Britain confirmed 2 more bird flu cases in northern and eastern England
Jan 28, 2017News Hour: British authorities say they have confirmed two more bird flu cases on farms in northern and eastern England, meaning there are now four areas where restrictions are in place across the country to reduce... -
Bird flu strain found in a flock of 10,000 pheasants at a farm in Lancashire, England
Jan 25, 2017News Hour: The H5N8 bird flu strain has been found in a flock of about 10,000 pheasants at a farm in Lancashire, northwest England, British authorities said on Tuesday. Some of the birds have already died...
