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The Philippines government has prepared a manual dating back as early as 2004 which tackles on dealing with an avian influenza (AI) outbreak in the country. Under the manual there are four possible stages of occurrence of bird flu in the country. [8] an AI-free nation; AI outbreak in poultry; AI transmission from poultry to humans
The Philippines has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a poultry farm in the centre of the country, the World Organisation for Animal ...
The outbreak killed 50,000 birds, with the remaining 1,200 birds in the flock being culled, according to a report from the Agriculture Ministry. [20] Afghanistan reported an outbreak of H5N8 bird flu on a poultry farm in Herat Province on 25 February. The outbreak killed 794 birds, while the remaining 22,000-strong flock were subsequently ...
H5N6 is a subtype of the species Influenza A virus (sometimes called bird flu virus). Infected birds shed the virus in their saliva, mucus, and feces. The virus was first detected in poultry in 2013, since then spreading among wild bird populations and poultry around the world. Humans can be infected through unprotected contact with infected ...
The Philippines said on Wednesday it had slaughtered nearly 39,000 chickens in a poultry farm north of the capital Manila to curb a bird flu outbreak, more than four months after detecting ...
After the current strain of bird flu, H5N1, reached the U.S. in 2022, more than 148 million birds have been euthanized. What is the outbreak's potential impacts on humans, the poultry industry ...
On July 31, a study found 2 farmworkers who had not been tested for bird flu had antibodies against it. [89] On August 9, the Colorado Department of Public Health reported bird flu in domestic cats, including indoor-only cats. [90] In late August, H5N1 had spread to dairy cow herds in California. [91]
The Philippines' farm ministry said on Wednesday it has banned poultry imports from California and Ohio in the United States because of several outbreaks there of highly pathogenic avian influenza.