ANP NOS News•today, 20:24 A recent case of human infection with avian flu has raised concerns among virologists. In Ecuador, a 9-year-old girl was admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in Quito this week. She was seriously ill due to an infection with the virus variant H5N1, which is very pathogenic among … Read more
Original title: Nearly 10 million poultry were culled during the current bird flu season in Japan Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, January 9 (Reporter Qian Zheng) The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan reported on January 9 that an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza had occurred at a poultry farm in the city … Read more
The number of outbreaks of avian flu continues to increase in several European countries. France has now had 260 outbreaks since August 1. French Agriculture Minister Marc Fresneau therefore wants to start vaccination against avian flu this autumn. The vast majority of bird flu outbreaks in France have occurred in the area where French broiler … Read more
Marcel van den Berg ANNOUNCEMENTS•yesterday, 20:58 Maartje Geels online editor Maartje Geels online editor A young swan bobbing its head uncontrollably and a young wild goose sitting in the grass, tossing wildly from side to side. When you think bird flu, you probably think of chickens being slaughtered on a poultry farm. But wild birds … Read more
Japan’s bird flu outbreak hits record high Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 4: Two more prefectures in Japan confirmed the incidence of bird flu, bringing the number of confirmed cases of bird flu in Japan to 54 this season, the most since records began. According to the Japanese news agency Kyodo which cites sources from … Read more
In practice, most vaccination programs against the H9N2 variant of avian influenza appear to be ineffective in poultry. This is the conclusion of Xue Pan after the research with which she hopes to obtain a doctorate at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) next Wednesday. The H9N2 avian influenza virus is the most common and most … Read more
AFP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 11:10 The avian flu virus circulating around the world also affects mammals. This can be seen from the new data that Quotidiano Fidelity he saw. In the Netherlands, a skunk, a badger and an otter have been infected with the virus in the last year and a half. According to Thijs Kuiken, … Read more
In practice, most vaccination programs against the H9N2 variant of avian influenza appear to be ineffective in poultry. This is the conclusion of doctoral student Xue Pan after the research with which he hopes to obtain his doctorate at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) next Wednesday. While other virus strains plague Dutch poultry farming, the … Read more
Coarse particles and insects can enter the vents of poultry houses with the air. These can be infected with bird flu or other pathogens. This has emerged from research by Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) and Utrecht University. “Although we did not find an avian influenza virus in our research, we advise poultry farmers to take … Read more
Coarse particles and insects – which can be infected with bird flu or other pathogens – can enter the vents of poultry farms with the air. This has emerged from research by Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR), part of Wageningen University & Research, and Utrecht University on the transport of possible carriers of the bird flu … Read more