Cambodia Confirms First H5N1 Avian Influenza Patient in 2024, 3-Year-Old Child Under Close Care

Cambodia Confirms First H5N1 Avian Influenza Patient in 2024, 3-Year-Old Child Under Close Care

Cambodia confirmed The first H5N1 avian influenza patient was found in 2024. It was a child who was only 3 years old and was already receiving close care from the medical team. Xinhua news agency reported that on Friday (January 26), Cambodia’s Ministry of Health reported the discovery of a 3-year-old boy from Prey Veng … Read more

Department of Livestock Development Announces Delay on Poultry Imports from Belgium and France due to Avian Influenza Outbreak

Department of Livestock Development Announces Delay on Poultry Imports from Belgium and France due to Avian Influenza Outbreak

Royal Gazette website Published two announcements from the Department of Livestock Development: 1. Subject: Delaying the import or transit through the Kingdom of poultry or poultry carcasses from the Kingdom of Belgium 2024. 2. Subject: Delaying the import or transit through the Kingdom of poultry or Poultry carcasses from the French Republic The details of … Read more

Controlling Animal Diseases to Tackle Climate Change: New Research Findings

Controlling Animal Diseases to Tackle Climate Change: New Research Findings

New research shows that effectively controlling common animal diseases could be a sustainable way to tackle climate change. Every animal lost to a preventable disease also contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. Animal diseases also reduce the productivity of a livestock farm. Animal diseases have a devastating impact on livestock farming. For example, in 2022, 131 … Read more

Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu Detected on Poultry Farm in West Flanders, Belgium

Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu Detected on Poultry Farm in West Flanders, Belgium

Last Friday, December 29, highly pathogenic bird flu was again detected on a poultry farm in West Flanders. This concerns a propagation company in Veurne, which is located in the Alveringem surveillance zone, about 5 kilometers from the previous outbreak and less than a kilometer from the French border. The poultry farm’s approximately 33,000 hens … Read more

Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Turkey Farm in West Flanders, Belgium

Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Turkey Farm in West Flanders, Belgium

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

Unprecedented Bird Flu Outbreak in Brazil Kills Nearly 1,000 Dogs and Sea Lions

Unprecedented Bird Flu Outbreak in Brazil Kills Nearly 1,000 Dogs and Sea Lions

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

Outbreak of Bird Flu at Alphen aan den Rijn Petting Zoo: Dozens of Animals Culled

Outbreak of Bird Flu at Alphen aan den Rijn Petting Zoo: Dozens of Animals Culled

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