Poultry Industry News: Hong Kong
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
HK Bans Catalonian Poultry Product ImportsHONG KONG - The importation of poultry and poultry products, including eggs, from Catalonia, Spain have been banned with immediate effect, Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety announced....
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
HK CE Pledges Resources to Fight H7N9HONG KONG - Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung said that the government will ensure adequate manpower and resources to fight any possible H7N9 outbreak in the city....
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
HK Bans Poultry Products Imports from GermanyHONG KONG - Import of all poultry and poultry products, including poultry eggs, from the states of Brandenburg and Berlin of Germany, has been banned with immediate effect for the protection of Hong Kong's public and animal health, the Center for Food...
Friday, February 01, 2013
Black-headed Gull Tests Positive for H5N1 VirusHONG KONG - A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said today (1 February) that a black-headed gull found in Tuen Mun last week was confirmed to be H5N1-positive after a series of laboratory tests....
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Hong Kong Reports HPAI H5N1 OutbreakHONG KONG - The Chinese veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a black-headed gull or Larus ridibundus(Laridae)....
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Hong Kong Introduces New Bird Flu VaccineHONG KONG - Secretary for Food & Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, says a new poultry vaccine, Re-6, which is more effective in preventing avian flu H5N1 than the existing one, will be introduced to local chicken farms....
Friday, July 13, 2012
Govt Approves New AI Vaccine for PoultryHONG KONG - The Hong Kong government (HKG) has decided to recommend Re-5 H5N1 AI vaccine as an alternative to the existing Intervet Nobilis H5N2 AI vaccine for the mandatory vaccination program in local poultry farms after a 12-month successful field...
Bird Market Closed Due to Detection of H5N1 VirusHONG KONG - Following confirmation of H5N1 virus detected in a swab sample collected from a bird cage in a pet shop on 5 July, all 1,000 birds in the pet shop where the sample was collected were destroyed. There are 18 bird pet shops in the neighborhood...
Monday, July 09, 2012
More HPAI Outbreaks Reported in Hong KongHONG KONG - Two more outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) have been reported to the OIE....
Monday, June 25, 2012
Hong Kong Reports More HPAI in Wild BirdsHONG KONG - The country's veterinary authorities have reported another outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu in a scaly-breasted munia....
Monday, June 04, 2012
Boy Confirmed with Bird Flu in Hong KongHONG KONG - Hong Kong health authority said that a two-year-old boy has been confirmed with H5N1 Influenza A and urged the public not to panic....
Thursday, May 17, 2012
HK Resumes Poultry Imports from LiaoningHONG KONG - The import of poultry products, including poultry eggs and frozen poultry, from northeastern Liaoning province on the Chinese mainland has resumed, the Center for Food Safety of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China announced....
Monday, May 07, 2012
Dead Bird H5N1 Positive in Hong KongHONG KONG - A carcass of a crested myna found on 27 April in Hong Kong was confirmed to be H5N1-positive after a series of laboratory tests, the city's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said here Monday....
Friday, April 27, 2012
Hong Kong Suspends Poultry Imports from LiaoningHONG KONG - The Center for Food Safety of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China Thursday suspended the import of poultry products, including eggs and frozen poultry, from northeast Liaoning province of the Chinese mainland for three weeks....
Monday, April 16, 2012
HPAI Identified in One Oriental Magpie RobinHONG KONG - The Hong Kong veterinary authorities have reported another case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in an Oriental Magpie Robin in Hung Hom....
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
H5N1 Virus Found in Wild Bird in Hong KongHONG KONG - A carcass of an oriental magpie robin found in Hong Kong last week was confirmed to be H5N1-positive after a series of laboratory tests, the city government said in a statement today....
Monday, March 26, 2012
Hong Kong Discovers More HPAI in Wild BirdsHONG KONG - Dr Thomas Sit, Chief Veterinary Officer, has reported another two outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Lantau and in Shek Kip Mei....
Hong Kong Agriculture & Fisheries Visits Guangdong HONG KONG and CHINA - Led by the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation, Mr Alan Wong, a delegation representing the agriculture and fisheries sector visited Guangdong from 19 to 23 March, where they met with their Mainland counterparts and...
Monday, March 19, 2012
HK's House Crow Tested Positive for Bird Flu VirusHONG KONG - A preliminary testing of a dead house crow found in Hong Kong's Shek Kip Mei area has tested positive for the H5 avian influenza virus, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region...
Monday, March 12, 2012
More HPAI in Hong KongHONG KONG - The country's veterinary authorities have reported two new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu in wild birds....
Monday, March 05, 2012
Hong Kong Reports More HPAI in Wild BirdsHONG KONG - The country's veterinary authorities have reported three new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Cheung Chau and Mongkok....
Monday, February 20, 2012
HPAI Kills Wild Bird HONG KONG - Dr Thomas Sit, Chief Veterinary Officer/Assistant Director from Hong Kong's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department has reported the death of a wild bird from H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza....
Monday, February 06, 2012
Hong Kong Reports HPAI Cases in Wild BirdsHONG KONG - Dr Thomas Sit, Chief Veterinary Officer and Assistant Director (Inspection & Quarantine) from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of Hong Kong has reported more cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza....
Friday, January 27, 2012
Goose Carcase in Sham Tseng Positive for H5N1 HONG KONG - A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said that a goose carcase found in Sham Tseng was confirmed to be H5N1 positive after laboratory testing. ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Hong Kong Resumes Sales of Live PoultryHONG KONG - Live chicken retailers have placed huge orders for the first trading day, as a 21 day ban on the sale of live poultry is lifted today. Meantime, the risk of an avian flu outbreak has been lowered by health authorities. ...
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