Bird Flu

New Bird Flu Has Higher Risk Of Spread To Humans: Animal Health Director

A wave of bird flu in Asia and Europe has a greater risk of spreading to humans because of a high number of variants, the World Organisation...

Israel Culls Poultry As Bird Flu Kills Thousands Of Migratory Cranes

Israel warned of a possible egg shortage as its plans to cull poultry birds following an avian flu outbreak that has killed more than 5,000 migratory crane...

Bulgaria Reports Bird Flu Outbreak At Duck Farm

Bulgarian veterinary authorities will cull more than 7,000 ducks in the southern village of Malak Dol after a bird flu outbreak was confirmed at an industr...

Slovakia Reports Bird Flu Outbreak, Czech Republic To Keep Poultry Indoors

Slovakia has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus among backyard poultry, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal H...

Bird Flu Spreads In Europe And Asia

Several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Europe and Asia have been reported in recent days to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

Bird Flu Spreads To Poland, Hitting Farms Totalling 650,000 Poultry

European Union's largest poultry producer Poland has reported several outbreaks of bird flu at farms with flocks totalling nearly 650,000 birds.

France On High Alert As Bird Flu Virus Spreads In Europe

As bird flu spreads in Europe, France has put the entire country on high alert and extended the requirement to keep poultry flocks indoors.

France Eases Bird Flu Measures On Poultry Farms As New Cases Fall

France is to allow poultry farms in southwestern areas hit by a severe strain of avian influenza to resume production after a sharp fall in new cases of th...