News & Updates

• First HPAI cases of the season in Bulgaria, Portugal
  Bulgaria and Portugal have become the latest countries in Europe to report highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) this winter in their respective poultry sectors. ... read more
  Published on 2021-12-06
• Managing IBDV and Marek’s disease: How to optimize immunity in your flock
  Poultry experts share disease- and vaccine-management strategies to help build a stronger bird by optimizing immunity to protect against infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) and Marek’s disease. Sponsored by Poultry Health Today. ... read more
  Published on 2021-12-01
• Avian flu situation deteriorates in Europe
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  Published on 2021-11-29
• Avian influenza confirmed in Minnesota turkeys
  Low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) has been detected in a flock of commercial turkeys in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. ... read more
  Published on 2021-11-24
• Italy’s turkey sector hit hard by avian flu
  Over the past month, Italy has officially registered 62 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry. At each location, the presence of the H5N1 HPAI virus serotype has been confirmed. ... read more
  Published on 2021-11-19
• Japan, South Korea report avian flu in poultry flocks
  Japan’s economic ministry has raised the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) threat level to “high.” ... read more
  Published on 2021-11-15
• First avian flu cases of winter in Denmark, Germany
  With eight states in Europe reporting cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry since mid-October, early signs are that the winter of 2021-2022 will be another challenging one for the region’s poultry sector. ... read more
  Published on 2021-11-09
• Italy, Netherlands record season’s first avian flu cases in poultry
  The first highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) cases of the 2021-2022 season have been reported in Italian and Dutch poultry flocks. ... read more
  Published on 2021-11-01
• Avian influenza – Bird flu identified at a wildbird rescue centre in Worcestershire – GOV.UK
  Avian influenza - Bird flu identified at a wildbird rescue centre in Worcestershire ... read more
  Published on 2021-10-26
• Could new avian flu season in Europe be as serious as the last?
  Europe’s poultry sector will be hoping that the coming winter does not turn out to be a repeat of last year’s in terms of a series of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks. ... read more
  Published on 2021-10-20
• First avian flu outbreaks of the season in Israel, Russian Urals
  Israel has reported its first outbreak of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry since May of 2015. A similar virus has been detected at a farm in Russia’s Ural federal district for the first time this winter. ... read more
  Published on 2021-10-19
• Wild bird deaths bring fear of avian flu spike in South African poultry
  Recent mass mortality of seabirds off the coast of Western Cape have raised fears of a new wave of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in South Africa’s farmed poultry and ostriches. ... read more
  Published on 2021-10-19
• 8 steps to effectively compost poultry
  Composting has proven to be a convenient, affordable, socially acceptable and environmentally acceptable way to dispose of poultry carcasses, but in order to be effective and biosecure, there is a certain “cookbook” that poultry producers should follow. ... read more
  Published on 2021-10-19
• Concerns raised over spike in human avian flu cases in Asia
  China’s Centre for Disease Control has called the emergence of a new variant of influenza virus of avian origin “a serious threat” to human health.  ... read more
  Published on 2021-10-11
• Further avian flu cases in Southern Africa, West Africa
  Over the past two weeks, South Africa’s veterinary agency has officially registered two further outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in commercial birds. ... read more
  Published on 2021-09-30

• Highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu confirmed in Alaska
  Highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza has been confirmed in a wild mallard duck from a state wildlife refuge in Alaska, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced on August 26 … read more
  Published on 2016-8-26
• 3 Important Biosecurity Concepts for Your Poultry Farm
  The effectiveness of any biosecurity program is affected by what is in the program and whether the program is being followed. All it takes is one instance of a policy circumvented … read more
  Published on 2016-1-5

• Arkansas Poultry Industry Braces for Bird Flu
  Many Arkansans are looking skyward, eager to see migrating ducks from the north flying though the state when hunting season opens in November. Many other Arkansans are looking … read more
  Published on 2015-10-14