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USDA closes book on only bird flu case — in Alaska
USDA closes book on only bird flu case — in Alaska
Don Jenkins/Capital Press A strain of highly pathogenic bird flu similar to one that first appeared in the U.S. in a duck in Washington state in 2014 has resurfaced in a mallard duck in Alaska.Buy this photoMore than 15,000 wild birds in the U.S. have been tested for highly pathogenic bird flu since July 1, and only one tested positive, a mallard duck in Alaska, according to USDA reports updated Thursday.The duck was infected with a virulent strain first detected in 2014 in northwestern Washington.
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Fears of bird flu after several outbreaks hit farms in Europe
Fears of bird flu after several outbreaks hit farms in Europe
Several countries in Europe have reported outbreaks of the highly contagious bird flu strain H5N8.In Austria, the health ministry ordered that all birds on a poultry farm be culled this week to stop the disease from spreading after a Turkey tested positive for the virus.Though it has never been found in humans, H5N8 is particularly virulent in wild birds.
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New 'severe strain' of bird flu is spreading across Europe in latest H5N8 outbreak
New 'severe strain' of bird flu is spreading across Europe in latest H5N8 outbreak
Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)FRESH outbreaks of a "severe strain" of bird flu have been discovered across Europe.The virus has been reported in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Holland, Denmark and Croatia.EPA 2 A turkey farm in Ziesluebbe, Germany, has had to take action to prevent its flocks being infectedIn the German state of Schleswig-Holstein one farmer had to slaughter 30,000 chickens infected with bird flu.
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