Nebraska agriculture officials say another 1.8 million chickens must be killed after bird flu was found on a farm in the latest sign that the outbreak that has already prompted the slaughter of more than 50 million birds across the United States continues to spread. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Nebraska Department of Agriculture … Read more
Ihekweazu said sensitisation has been carried out in the affected states The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says cases of avian influenza (bird flu) have been recorded in seven states in the country. Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the agency, disclosed this on Tuesday while giving updates of the epidemiological situation and response activities in … Read more
Bird flu, South Korean South Korean farms have culled 13.6 million poultry nationwide as part of measures to contain the spread of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu, the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said on Wednesday. In late November, South Korea reported the first case of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian … Read more