US in state of emergency over HPAI

As large parts of the world worry about sporadic outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, the US is hit hard. States Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin declared a state of emergency. On more than 100 farms the virus was detected and millions of birds had to be destroyed. HPAI is in the migratory routes of wild birds now, posing new challenges and demanding new approaches. During the last quarter of 2014 poultry producers in the EU were faced with the emergence of H5N8 strain avian influenza wh