Insights and Stories on Bird Flu

Ontario backyard flock hit with avian flu

Apr. 2, 2022 at 2:06 am CDT

A fourth flock of domestic birds in southwestern Ontario has come down with highly pathogenic avian influenza, this time a backyard flock with no commercial farms nearby. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday it confirmed high-path H5N1 avian flu that day in the township of Chippewas of Nawash […]

Third Ontario poultry flock hit by avian flu

Mar. 30, 2022 at 4:48 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Second southwestern Ontario farm hit with avian flu

Mar. 29, 2022 at 3:47 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

High-path avian flu drops into southwestern Ontario

Mar. 28, 2022 at 5:46 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Second high-path avian flu case appears in Newfoundland

Jan. 13, 2022 at 2:24 am CST

By Dave Bedard

China reports first human case of H10N3 bird flu

Jun. 1, 2021 at 7:02 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — A 41-year-old man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with a rare strain of bird flu known as H10N3, Beijing’s National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday. Many different strains of bird flu are present in […]

By Dominique Patton Hallie Gu

Risk of human spread of H5N8 bird flu deemed low

Feb. 26, 2021 at 4:43 pm CST

Geneva | Reuters — The risk of human-to-human spread of the H5N8 strain of bird flu appears low after it was identified for the first time worldwide in farm workers in Russia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. A separate influenza strain, H1N1, that emerged from pigs and […]

By stephanie-nebehay

Missouri turkeys turn up with low-path bird flu

Mar. 11, 2018 at 3:02 am CDT

A commercial flock of about 20,000 turkeys in southwestern Missouri has turned up with low-pathogenicity (“low-path”) H7N1 avian flu, marking the first such case in the U.S. this year. The flock was on a turkey farm in Jasper County, about 140 km northwest of Branson. Missouri is on the Mississippi […]

By Staff

Troops to help cull fowl in Philippines’ bird flu battle

Aug. 16, 2017 at 9:16 pm CDT

Manila | Reuters — The Philippines will deploy hundreds of troops to hasten a cull of about 600,000 fowl, the farm minister said on Wednesday, as part of efforts to rein in the Southeast Asian nation’s first outbreak of bird flu. There has been no case of human transmission after […]

By Reuters

Philippines reports first avian flu outbreak

Aug. 11, 2017 at 9:07 am CDT

Manila | Reuters — The Philippines will cull 200,000 chickens, quails and ducks after confirming the country’s first outbreak of bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said on Friday. The avian flu outbreak was detected in a farm in San Luis municipality in Pampanga province, north of the capital Manila, […]

By Enrico Dela Cruz Manolo Serapio Jr.