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Qatar bans on meat and poultry from Spain
30-12-2009 Qatar has imposed a temporary ban on the import of meat and poultry products from Spain, following the discovery of a new strain of bird flu virus- H7N7- in the country.
Poultry connection strengthens H1N1 pandemic
04-09-2009 The detection of an H1N1 virus in turkeys in Chile raises concern that poultry farms elsewhere in the world could also become infected with the pandemic flu virus currently circulating in...
Chile finds H1N1 influenza virus in turkeys
25-08-2009 Chile has detected the H1N1 influenza virus in turkeys, authorities said. It is the first time the virus has been found outside humans and pigs. There was no indication the disease had...
Ducks and rice paddies linked to spread of AI
31-03-2008 Researchers believe that almost all the outbreaks in
Thailand and Vietnam between 2004 and 2005 can be traced to ducks that fed near
rice paddies that had just been harvested.
Biosensor detects AI virus in minutes
29-02-2008 Quick identification of avian influenza infection in
poultry is critical in controlling outbreaks, but current detection methods can
require several days to produce results. A new...
Boy dies of bird flu in Vietnam
28-12-2007 A Vietnamese health ministry official announced
yesterday that a four-year-old boy had died of bird flu, becoming the country's
fifth victim of the H5N1 viral strain reported in 2007.
Vietnamese to make bird flu vaccination mandatory
04-12-2007 From 2008, in 33 cities and provinces in Vietnam,
vaccination among poultry against bird flu will be
compulsory.
H5N1 bird flu: Romania and Saudi Arabia struggling
30-11-2007 An outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza has been reported
by Romanian veterinary officials in backyard poultry at a town in the Danube
delta.
Dutch ducklings suspected source of UK bird flu
15-11-2007 Recent reports have indicated that imported day-old
ducklings from the Netherlands are being investigated as a possible source of
the H5N1 avian influenza virus in England.
Netherlands to move poultry indoors
08-03-2007 Veterinary experts believe that migratory birds
represent a serious risk in the spread of the deadly H5N1 avian flu
virus.
Philippines may be leader in food safety
26-02-2007 The Philippines, along with Brunei and Singapore,
remain among a few countries in the Asian region that have not been infected by
the dreaded H5N1 virus.
Rodents and
20-02-2007 Experts agree that the migratory birds triggered the
infections at the four poultry farms in the Miyazaki and Okayama prefectures over the past month. However, they also that the way the...
Brazil is looking south to monitor Al risk
01-02-2007 A multi-disciplinary research group at the University
of Campinas has presented a new plan to the Brazilian government to help monitor
Al-infected species entering the country. Their...
US broiler market: down but not out
30-09-2006 Decreased demand for US poultry exports and a flat
local market, attributed to an unfounded fear of avian influenza, have hit the
bottom lines of top US poultry producers over the past...
New alert in Britain over bird flu
19-09-2006 As thousands of wild birds return to British
shores after spending the summer in the Arctic or in the Russian tundra, vets
and ornithologists are on the alert for a possible outbreak of...
AI prompts broader focus on disease prevention
17-08-2006 With avian influenza monopolising poultry news headlines, one would almost
believe that there are no other diseases worthy of consideration, but in fact
the contrary is true. The industry...
AI prompts broader focus on disease prevention
17-08-2006 With avian influenza monopolising poultry news headlines, one would almost
believe that there are no other diseases worthy of consideration, but in fact
the contrary is true. The...
AI changed the industry in the Netherlands
01-05-2005 Although two years have passed since the Netherlands suffered an Avian
Influenza outbreak, the Dutch poultry industry still feels the effects. The
disease has been wiped out, but the...
Scientists review advances in disease control
27-06-2004 The Western Poultry Disease Conference is one of the major annual meeting
places in the USA for international poultry health specialists. This year the
attention was focussed on...
Thai broiler industry forced to change structure
27-05-2004 The avian influenza epidemic has had a major impact on Asia's poultry
industry. Market structures may change temporarily, but production structures
need to permanently change, according...
Avian influenza in Thailand: learning the hard way
27-03-2004 The AI crisis in Thailand has resulted in the culling of more than 20 million
birds, costing the Thai economy more than 50 million baht in poultry export
earnings. This has provided...
Vaccination accepted as part of an AI control strategy
27-03-2004 The strategy to eradicate high pathogenic avian influenza is to cull all
birds in a wide circle around infected farms. Due to the recent outbreaks in
Asia this has changed. FAO/WHO/OIE...
Screening for avian influenza: do it now!
27-03-2004 The increasing number of avian influenza cases makes regular screening to
detect antibodies against the virus necessary. Elisa test kits make it possible
to perform rapid, reliable...
Avian influenza outbreak hits the industry again
27-03-2004 The poultry industry has been hit again by a major outbreak of Avian
Influenza in Asia. This alarmed not only the veterinary experts around the
globe, but also the World Health...
Bird flu epidemics - What more can be done?
28-02-2004 As predicated, "bird flu" (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza -HPAI) epidemics
are back and spreading - particularly in the Far East during the current 2003/4
influenza season. In the...
