Tag: Bird Flu

Russia on Saturday announced that it has identified the first cases of H5N8 avian influenza in humans, according to multiple reports.

Asia’s chicken farmers are confronting the region’s worst bird flu outbreak in years, with the deadly virus affecting farms stretching from Japan to India, roiling some poultry prices and showing no signs of easing.

Tokyo, December 16 (Reuters) - Japan’s worst bird flu outbreak on record spread to new farms this week and has been found in around a quarter of the country’s 47 prefectures, with officials ordering more cullings. About 32,000 birds will be slaughtered and buried in Sukumo city in Kochi prefecture in southwestern Japan after avian influenza was discovered at an ...

Chinese authorities have already culled 17,828 birds in the wake of the disease.