Bird Flu Outbreak at Biddinghuizen Company: New Highly Pathogenic Virus Variant Detected

Bird Flu Outbreak at Biddinghuizen Company: New Highly Pathogenic Virus Variant Detected

ANPDe NVWA at the affected company in Biddinghuizen NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 21:31 The bird flu was established last week on a laying hen farm in Biddinghuizen in Flevoland, appears to be a new variant of the virus. This is according to Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR), a research institute of Wageningen University that analyzed the outbreak. At … Read more

Trials of Vaccinating Chickens Against Bird Flu: Potential Solution for Poultry Farmers

Trials of Vaccinating Chickens Against Bird Flu: Potential Solution for Poultry Farmers

If the trial of vaccinating chickens against bird flu succeeds, it would be a godsend for many poultry farmers. “That would be very positive. Then the chickens will no longer get sick and they will no longer have to be culled,” says poultry farmer Chiel Gielen from Biddinghuizen. A trial will be held in September … Read more

High number of cat infections with bird flu reported in Poland: WHO

High number of cat infections with bird flu reported in Poland: WHO

ANP NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 13:56 Dozens of cats have been infected with bird flu in Poland, the World Health Organization reports (WHO). In thirteen regions of the country, 29 animals were found to be infected with H5N1, a variant that spreads via wild migratory birds. None of the people who came into contact with the cats … Read more

Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Among Seabirds and Carnivores in Europe: Latest Update and Recommendations from EFSA

Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Among Seabirds and Carnivores in Europe: Latest Update and Recommendations from EFSA

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continues to circulate widely among seabirds in Europe and causes high mortality. Poultry is actually doing better. This is stated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in the latest update published on Thursday. An outbreak of bird flu among cats is currently being investigated in Poland. According to Efsa, … Read more

Avian flu almost controlled | Senasa advances with the reopening of markets

Avian flu almost controlled |  Senasa advances with the reopening of markets

Title: Argentina Making Progress in Containing Avian Influenza Outbreaks and Reopening Markets Introduction: Argentina has made significant strides in combating avian influenza outbreaks, with 91 percent of registered cases now closed. The Vice President of the National Health Service and Food Quality (Senasa), Rodolfo Acerbi, expressed optimism that if the current epidemiological situation continues, all … Read more

Expert warns of ongoing threat from bird flu in wild birds

Expert warns of ongoing threat from bird flu in wild birds

30 mei 2023 om 05:06Update: een uur geleden Poultry farms have recently become bird flu-free, but that does not mean that the virus no longer poses a threat. Wild birds still get sick. That is worrying, say bird experts. “Bird flu is an unpredictable virus that doesn’t just affect birds.” Since the beginning of 2023, … Read more

ICA Supervises Vaccination Against Newcastle Disease in Nariño’s Border Area – May 24, 2023

ICA Supervises Vaccination Against Newcastle Disease in Nariño’s Border Area – May 24, 2023

May 24, 2023 In Nariño, the ICA carried out sampling and supervision of vaccination against Newcastle in the border area Pasture, May 24, 2023: The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) supervised vaccination against Newcastle disease in backyard conglomerates located in the border area of ​​the department of Nariño. Likewise, during this day, samples were taken from … Read more

“Bird flu outbreak in Chile: Poultry farmers demand compensatory measures and vaccine approval”

“Bird flu outbreak in Chile: Poultry farmers demand compensatory measures and vaccine approval”

Poultry farmers also demand compensatory measures for the sacrifices of hundreds of animals, since the virus has caused them to have to eliminate entire production facilities where contagion is registered. Bird flu has claimed the lives of more than 900,000 birds in the industry, losing 5% of their annual productive capacity in eggs, whose value … Read more

“Bird Flu Outbreak in Argentina Jeopardizes Chicken Production: Debate on Vaccination and Biosafety Protocols Intensifies”

“Bird Flu Outbreak in Argentina Jeopardizes Chicken Production: Debate on Vaccination and Biosafety Protocols Intensifies”

The bird flu continues to jeopardize the entire production of chickens. This Friday a positive case in a commercial farm located in General Racedo, Entre Ríos, the main Argentine province in terms of production of this dietary protein. The confirmation of the National Food and Agriculture Health Service (SENASA) put the entire agro-industrial chain of … Read more

“Expert Council Recommends Measures to Minimize Risks of Bird Flu and Influenza Viruses in Pigs”

“Expert Council Recommends Measures to Minimize Risks of Bird Flu and Influenza Viruses in Pigs”

POV is in talks with the ministries of LNV and VWS about the advice and the practical elaboration of bird flu (HPAI) and influenza viruses. An important nuance is that it mainly concerns bird flu and not influenza in pigs. One of the recommendations is that keeping both poultry and pigs at one business location … Read more