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A case of bird flu has been confirmed in commercial poultry at a farm in East Yorkshire. The virus, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), was discovered near Beverley and all ...
UK Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss said: "Given the continued increase in the number of bird flu cases across England, we are taking further action to try and prevent the further ...
A case of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been confirmed at a site in East Sussex. On Saturday, East Sussex County Council (ESCC) said the government's Department for Environment ...
Avian influenza, also known as avian flu or bird flu, is a disease caused by the influenza A virus, which primarily affects birds but can sometimes affect mammals including humans. [1] Wild aquatic birds are the primary host of the influenza A virus, which is enzootic (continually present) in many bird populations.
A bird-adapted strain of H5N1, called HPAI A(H5N1) for "highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of type A of subtype H5N1", is the causative agent of H5N1 flu. HPAI A(H5N1) is considered an avian disease, although there is some evidence of limited human-to-human transmission of the virus. [2]
All poultry and other captive birds in parts of Yorkshire and the East of England will have to be kept indoors from 23 December to prevent the spread of bird flu, the government has said.
On November 7, the CDC reported asymptomatic bird flu infection in 4 workers at dairy farms. The workers didn't recall ever being sick but had antibodies showing that they had been infected with bird flu. [98] On November 22, the CDC confirmed the first case of bird flu in a U.S. child, being the 55th case of bird flu in humans in the U.S.
Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. More on this story. Two more cases of bird flu found among poultry. Norfolk has eight of England's 11 bird flu cases. Related internet ...