bird flu

Chairman of the IEC working group Avian Influenza, Ben Dellaert gives an overview of the current bird flu crisis. Photo: Fabian Brockötter
17-01-2023 | Article

Avian influenza: Unspeakable damage and unexplainable consequences

Doctors in Equador. Photo: Equador's Ministry of Public Health
16-01-2023 | News

Bird flu detected in Chile and human case reported in Equador

While the number of avian influenza virus detections in sea bird breeding colonies have come down since the previous reporting period, the number of cases in water birds and poultry has increased. Photo: Herbert Wiggerman
22-12-2022 | News

Cases of avian influenza are on the rise

In the UK, compensation is currently based on the value of any surviving healthy birds following an outbreak of bird flu. Photo: Hans Princes
21-12-2022 | News

Poultry sector takes legal action over bird flu compensation

Wild birds on migratory routine are likely to spread the avian influenza vírus to other countries in South America. Several countries have reported pelicans with the disease. Photo: Daniel Azevedo
12-12-2022 | News

Avian influenza spreads in South America

Photo: IICA
02-12-2022 | News

Colombia declares avian influenza outbreaks in wild birds

The drop in antibiotic use owes much to heightened biosecurity practices in the sector, and the ongoing use of vaccines as part of preventative health programmes. Photo: Yaw Ansu-Kyeremeh
24-11-2022 | News

Antibiotic use indicators met by UK layer and broiler sectors

From mid-March, several large layer flocks in Iowa and Wisconsin were affected by avian influenza. Photo: ANP
03-11-2022 | Article

Analysing the 2022 US avian influenza outbreak

Poultry producers have been ordered to keep their birds indoors in a large area of East Anglia, England. Photo: Wolfgang Ehrecke
18-10-2022 | News

Avian Influenza Prevention Zone declared for Great Britain

Guilhem de Seze, head of the risk assessment production department at EFSA: “As autumn migration begins and the number of wild birds wintering in Europe increases, they are likely at higher risk of HPAI infection than previous years due to the observed persistence of the virus in Europe.” Photo: Herbert Wiggerman
12-10-2022 | News

Unprecedented number of bird flu cases in Europe this summer