Highly pathogenic bird flu was diagnosed on Boxing Day, Tuesday, December 26, at a turkey farm in Alveringem in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The affected turkey farm is located in the surveillance zone, which was established last week following an outbreak on a laying hen farm in Warhem, northern France. The approximately 25,000 … Read more
REUTERS | CNN Indonesia Saturday, 16 Dec 2023 22:50 IWST Jakarta, CNN Indonesia — Almost a thousand dogs and sea lions died from the plague bird flu that hit Brazil. The state of Rio Grande do Sul confirmed an unprecedented 942 marine mammal deaths. This report follows highly pathogenic bird flu (HPAI) infections, which were … Read more
Bird flu of the H5 type has been detected in a breeding company in the Belgian town of Esen near Diksmuide (West Flanders). It is the first infection in Belgium this season. This concerns a highly pathogenic variant of the virus. This was reported by the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food … Read more
Nov 25, 2023 at 3:20 PM Update: 30 minutes ago Dozens of peacocks, chickens, ducks and turkeys were culled from a petting zoo in Alphen aan den Rijn because bird flu was diagnosed there on Friday. The petting zoo at Burgemeester Bruins Slotsingel will be closed on Saturday to “process the event”. It is not … Read more
ANPEA transport prohibition sign near Barneveld, during a previous outbreak of bird flu NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 00:37 Bird flu has been diagnosed at a laying hen farm in Renswoude. The 65,000 chickens on the company are being culled, the Ministry of Agriculture reports. It is the first outbreak of bird flu in the Netherlands in just … Read more
Oct 25, 2023 at 12:33 AM Update: 44 minutes ago Bird flu has reached the Antarctic for the first time. Scientists are concerned about the effect of this on seals, seagulls and penguins, for example, which have never before been exposed to the deadly bird flu virus. The virus has been found in dead migratory … Read more
AFP Bart Rutten editor Nieuwsuur Bart Rutten editor Nieuwsuur Dutch farmers are increasingly successful in keeping bird flu out of their chicken houses. But on the other side of the world, the virus is spreading at a breakneck pace. Now that the virus threatens to spread to Antarctica, experts fear a “mass slaughter”. Every disadvantage … Read more
Sep 18, 2023 at 5:46 pm A trial of vaccinating poultry against bird flu started on Monday. As part of the trial, 1,800 chicks will receive an injection. This should show whether the two vaccines that proved effective in the laboratory also work in practice. The trial starts with so-called day-old chicks, reports the Ministry … Read more
It is exceptional that the bird flu variant in Biddinghuizen passed from gull to chicken. So says Arjan Stegeman, professor of veterinary medicine at Utrecht University. Throughout Europe, gulls have rarely infected chickens with mild bird flu. According to the professor, that is not so easy either. The virus has been circulating throughout Europe since … Read more
The bird flu virus that was found last week on an organic laying hen farm in Biddinghuizen turns out to be a new variant. It is a variant that until now was mainly circulating among black-headed gulls. This concerns the so-called BB genotype, according to an analysis by Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR), part of Wageningen … Read more