The Department of Agriculture and Department will expand wild bird monitoring for BirdFlu beyond Alaska through agreements with various states such as Hawaii.
“Because we cannot control wild birds, our best protection is an early warning system, and this move to test thousands more wild birds throughout the country will help us to quickly identify, […]
The United Nations BirdFlu Cheif, “David Nabarro” said that he is urging various nations to release funds to help Indonesia fight BirdFlu.
Now it is my job to go to the donors and say get your money into Indonesia as quickly as you can,” Nabarro said, adding that while Indonesia was making progress in fighting bird […]
A Three day workshop is currently underway in West Africa. Experts attending include veterinarians, directors of public health, representatives of NGOs and farmers from seven West African countries will be attending and discussing the impact of the disease on poultry production.
They would also discuss the disease`s epidemiology, prevention and control measures as well as […]
London’s ability to cope with a flu pandemic will be tested next month when UK financial authorities conduct a six-week exercise to gauge the financial service sector’s preparedness for such a threat. Ominously, the simulation will start on Friday the 13th.
The pandemic trial will be held over a long period with the scenario evolving in […]
With no new birdflu outbreak reported in the last 21 days, the fourth round of bird flu monitoring imposed in Thailand’s two worst-hit provinces, Phichit and Nakhon Phanom, has been suspended, a senior official said Thursday.
Since there have been no reports of new poultry infected with the deadly virus recently, Charal said, the provinces were […]
The World Health Organisation have confirmed 49 deaths out of 65 confirmed cases of Birdflu in Indonesia.
The death figure rose after the international organization revised the definition of confirmation for the case on August 29, spokesperson, Sari Setiogi, said.
“The revision has made three probable cases include in categorize of confirm,” she told Xinhua here.
The three […]
Vietnam have come up with there own ‘home grown’ bird flu vaccine which has been tested succesfully on chickens/ducks.
The Central Animal Health Institute was determining a suitable dosage and completing formalities for standard recognitions of safety and production processes, the institute’s director Truong Van Dung said.
They will begin using the vaccine early next year.
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Authorities in southern Sudan confirmed on Wednesday they had an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry.
It has not infected any people, but has prompted an alert in neighbouring Uganda amid fears it could spread to humans.
The tests confirmed that several chickens from a residential backyard in the southern Sudanese capital of […]
North American schools are releasing new guidelines on how to handle Avian Birdflu if it outbreaks in the Country.
Wednesday the state schools chief made a checklist available to all schools to help them better prepare and respond to pandemic flu.
The list includes steps such as :
Prepare for the possibility of schools functioning […]
Bird flu is still spreading in Africa and will continue to threaten the continent in the years to come, the UN food agency, FAO, has warned and called for rapid and decisive action to quell the disease.