Bird Flu

New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a statement that the current outbreaks of avian influenza have caused devastation in animal populations. Avian influenza viruses normally spread among birds, but the increasing…
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Tokyo:  Avian flu has been confirmed at a chicken farm in Akita prefecture, northeastern Japan, with around 1,43,000 birds of the farm to be culled, the prefectural government said Wednesday. Regarded as the season's first outbreak of…
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Moscow: Russia has confirmed the first case of human infection with the avian influenza A(H5N8) virus in the world, a Russian sanitary official announced on Saturday. Scientists have isolated the genetic material of this bird flu virus in…
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New Delhi:The Delhi Zoo on Tuesday reported fresh bird flu case, even as the officials said that the serological surveillance will continue and protocols will be followed. In the light of the bird flu outbreak, seven serological samples of…
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New Delhi: Cases of bird flu have been confirmed in 13 states so far of which of which Avian Influenza has been reported in poultry birds from nine states while in wild birds from 12 states, the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry…
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Mangaluru: Amid fears of bird flu spread in neighbouring Kerala, seven crows were found dead at different places in Mangaluru on Monday. Three crows were found on the road near Pacchanady dumping yard, two near Shaktinagar housing colony…
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New Delhi (IANS) The Union Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairies informed on Monday that avian influenza has been confirmed in 10 states of the country till date. CAR-NIHSAD has confirmed death of crows and migratory/wild…
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New Delhi: Contrary to what some people think that the bird flu virus, also known as Avian influenza, is spread to humans via consumption of cooked poultry products, health experts on Sunday stressed that it usually does not infect people…
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Kanpur: The Kanpur zoo has been shut down for 15 days after samples of fowls found dead in the zoo, tested positive for bird flu. Four birds were found dead in the zoo premises on January 6 and the samples were sent to Animal Disease…
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New Delhi: Bird flu has been confirmed in seven states of the country so far, namely Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, while test reports of unsual death of birds received from…
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