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The virus killed 4,475 birds out of a flock of 60,529 on a farm in the province of Leyte, the Paris-based WOAH said in a report, citing local authorities. Philippines reports H5N1 bird flu ...
The Philippines said on Wednesday it had slaughtered nearly 39,000 chickens in a poultry farm north of the capital Manila to curb a bird flu outbreak, more than four months after detecting ...
The Philippines' farm ministry said on Thursday it has temporarily banned poultry imports from Japan due to an outbreak of avian influenza. Agriculture minister, Francisco Tiu Laurel, in a ...
The outbreak killed 50,000 birds, with the remaining 1,200 birds in the flock being culled, according to a report from the Agriculture Ministry. [20] Afghanistan reported an outbreak of H5N8 bird flu on a poultry farm in Herat Province on 25 February. The outbreak killed 794 birds, while the remaining 22,000-strong flock were subsequently ...
H5N6 is a subtype of the species Influenza A virus (sometimes called bird flu virus). Infected birds shed the virus in their saliva, mucus, and feces. The virus was first detected in poultry in 2013, since then spreading among wild bird populations and poultry around the world. Humans can be infected through unprotected contact with infected ...
Here's the latest information on the outbreak in the United States: ... for anyone in the U.S. to be vaccinated against bird flu. ABC News' Youri Bendjaoud contributed to this report. Updates on ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that influenza in the United States is at its highest peak since the 2009 swine flu pandemic. (CBS News) International relations
Bird flu is called that because it was first seen in wild birds in the late 1990s, and is apparently spread as these birds migrate. Just in the first 17 days of this year, 21 states reported bird ...