African Swine Fever detected in the North West
Zeerust in the North West has reportedly been hit by an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak. It was reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on Wednesday, according to the Department
Avian Flu
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Japan starts culling chickens, ducks after highly contagious bird flu strain detected
Japan has started culling more than 300,000 chickens and ducks after the discovery of a highly contagious form of bird flu on farms in the north of the country, local officials said. The bird flu outbreaks
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Stricter Measures For Poultry Farms As H5N6 Cases Continue To Rise In South Korea
On Friday, South Korea's agriculture ministry issued a temporary nationwide standstill order for poultry farms and other related transport that took effect over the weekend. The standstill order is the
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Bird flu: Netherlands culls 190,000 ducks
Poultry farmers have been advised to take measures to prevent the disease spreading About 190,000 ducks have been culled in the Netherlands as the authorities try to prevent the spread of bird flu across
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Sultanpur park shut after 5 dead ducks found in Hisar
Authorities in Gurgaon closed the Sultanpur National Park “until further notice”, as a “precautionary measure” a day after samples from five dead ducks found in Hisar tested positive for bird flu. The
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Rapid response teams, special check-posts to prevent bird flu
Special teams will monitor poultry farms in Namakkal to prevent the spread of the avian influenza that has been reported in Alappuzha region in Kerala, and checkposts have been put up on Coimbatore-Kerala
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Odisha government puts districts on high alert over bird flu scare
With avian influenza outbreak reported in some parts of the country, the Health Department has sounded all chief district medical officers (CDMOs) to prepare a contingency plan for surveillance. Process
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Pathogenesis and transmission of novel HPAI H5N2 and H5N8 avian influenza viruses in ferrets and mice
<p>A novel highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 virus, first detected in January 2014 in poultry and wild birds in South Korea, has spread throughout Asia and Europe, and caused outbreaks in Canada
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Bird flu confirmed in Kottayam
Humans will not contract virus, culling to begin tomorrow With all the 12 samples sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, diagnosed as positive, the authorities have
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Another bird dies in Delhi zoo, H5N1 Avian Influenza suspected
"The Centre-appointed Committee to look into the bird flu situation at the zoo has also been apprised of the death," a zoo official said. Another water bird succumbed to suspected H5N1 Avian Influenza
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Centre issues bird flu alert
Vaccination is one process through which the birds can be protected but it is not followed in India. Hyderabad: The Centre has issued a health advisory to poultry owners to minimise human-bird interface