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S. Korea issues highest level bird flu alert
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» SEOUL - South Korea on Friday issued its top bird flu alert for the first time, giving officials extra powers to contain an outbreak that has already triggered the slaughter of more than 10% of national poultry stocks.
Japan culling 230,000 more birds to stop avian flu
AFP, Published on 01/12/2016
» TOKYO - Japan has mobilised its military to help with a second mass cull of 230,000 chickens amid a spreading outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said.
Japan culling 330,000 poultry to fight avian flu
AFP, Published on 29/11/2016
» TOKYO - Japan has begun slaughtering more than 330,000 farm birds to contain its first outbreaks of a highly contagious strain of avian flu in nearly two years, the government said Tuesday.
Dutch kill 190,000 ducks to contain bird flu outbreak
AFP, Published on 27/11/2016
» THE HAGUE - Dutch officials have culled 190,000 ducks on a central Netherlands farm where inspectors have confirmed the presence of a highly infectuous strain of bird flu, officials and local media said Sunday.
Hong Kong culls thousands of birds over avian flu scare
AFP, Published on 07/06/2016
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong culled 4,500 birds on Tuesday after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was discovered in a chicken at a local market.
'Major step' toward universal flu vaccine: studies
AFP, Published on 25/08/2015
» PARIS - Scientists have taken a major step towards creating a vaccine that works against multiple strains of influenza, according to two studies published Monday in top journals.
US egg prices soar as avian flu batters poultry industry
AFP, Published on 23/05/2015
» WASHINGTON - US farmers have been forced to kill almost 40 million chickens and other birds, causing egg prices to soar as a deadly version of the avian flu attacks the poultry industry.
Two die of bird flu in China
AFP, Published on 17/01/2015
» BEIJING - Two people have died of the H7N9 strain of avian flu in China's eastern province of Fujian, state media said Saturday, quoting local health officials.
S. Korea orders lockdown to fight animal disease
AFP, Published on 15/01/2015
» SEOUL - South Korea on Thursday announced a 36-hour lockdown over the weekend on poultry and livestock farms across the country to curb the spread of two highly contagious animal diseases -- foot and mouth and bird flu.
More birds culled as Taiwan battles worst avian flu in 10 years
AFP, Published on 14/01/2015
» TAIPEI - A major outbreak of avian flu in Taiwan has spread to 19 more farms with a total of 160,000 birds slaughtered in the island's worst bout of the disease in a decade, authorities said Wednesday.