Avian influenza

Read the latest updates of the global poultry industry from Jim Wyckoff.

Animal health authorities in the Netherlands will cull 35,700 broiler chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu was found on a farm.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported an outbreak of H5N8 bird flu on a farm in Western Russia.

Dutch poultry farmers kept their birds indoors on 23 October in compliance with government orders after a highly contagious form of bird flu was found in two dead swans last week.

Two cases of bird flu have been confirmed in wild swans in the central province of Utrecht.

Kazakhstan’s ministry of agriculture reports that the country’s bird flu outbreak has killed 2 percent of its poultry population, the highest bird flu mortality in 15 years.

Poultry farmers and pet bird keepers across the UK are being urged to prepare for winter bird flu outbreaks.

Official vets in Kazakhstan report that the daily mortality rate for poultry infected with highly-pathogenic avian influenza appears to be decreasing.

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is updating the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) to account for new research breakthroughs.

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, European Union nations move to increase surveillance for possible outbreaks of avian influenza among wild and domestic birds.

WHO European Region has reported an increase in avian influenza outbreaks - a review of handling dead or sick birds.

Moving through Q4 2020 and into 2021, the global poultry industry will operate in a volatile market context, with pressure coming from foodservice and wholesale markets, according to Rabobank's Q4 Poultry Report.

Kazakh officials told reporters that the bird flu outbreak in the northern region of the country has been caused by the same H5N8 virus strain seen in Russia.

Northern Kazakhstan reported seven outbreaks of bird flu near Russian border.

Victoria, Australia continues to struggle with avian influenza outbreaks, according to reports.

Introduction Avian Influenza is one of the most important diseases worldwide. It is caused by avian influenza viruses (AIV's) and belongs to the family Orthomyxoviridae, genus Influenza Virus, which has three types, A, B…

The Solomon Islands have banned poultry, poultry meat and egg imports from Australia.

The Philippines has temporarily banned the import of domestic and wild birds as well as their products from Australia after highly pathogenic H7N7 avian flu was detected on a farm site.

Emerging research suggests that commercial poultry farms could contract avian influenza from migrating flocks of wild birds.

According to a new research study, the risk of the introduction of bird flu virus on poultry farms is four times higher in the months of November to February than in the summer months. Now is the time to start planning i…