avian influenza

avian influenza

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<p>On Wednesday the ECDC said the risk to people in Europe generally is still considered low, but the risk to people culling birds is low to medium. Anyone working with dead birds or their droppings is strongly advised to wear PPE. File Picture: PA</p>

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Q&A: How worried should we be about bird flu?

Bird flu, also known as H5N1 and avian influenza, can pose a threat to people and other animals, causing severe illness and sometimes death

<p>A black-headed seagull. File Picture: Wikimedia Commons</p>

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Public in Mid-West urged to avoid dead seagulls amid Avian Influenza fears

While Avian Influenza infection is relatively rare in humans, it can be quite serious

<p>The disease that has had the largest impact is trichomonosis. This affects birds by swelling their throats, making it difficult for them to swallow. They then cough up seeds, which are picked up by different birds, spreading the disease</p>

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How often should I clean my bird feeder?

Mouldy seeds or fatballs can spread disease, warn experts — and smaller birdfeeders are often easier to clean

Bird flu detected in second Monaghan turkey flock

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Bird flu detected in second Monaghan turkey flock

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Agriculture minister confident bird flu outbreak will be contained amid Christmas turkey concerns

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Bird flu FAQ: I have two hens, do I need to move them indoors now?

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Calls for 16-week free-range derogation to be extended

Flocks have had to be kept indoors for almost four months to protect them from wild birds infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza

Thu, 03 Mar, 2022

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French push for Avian Influenza vaccines

The possibility of European farmers having to vaccinate their 400 million egg-laying hens and about 900 million broilers reared per year has emerged, as French agriculture minister Julien Denormandie pushes EU states to approve avian flu vaccination ...

Tue, 01 Feb, 2022

Chickens Test Positive For The H7 Strain Of Bird Flu

Avian influenza: 27,000 ducks to be culled on NI farm

Around 27,000 ducks are to be culled on a Northern Ireland farm after a suspected outbreak of notifiable Avian influenza on a farm in Co Tyrone.

Thu, 02 Dec, 2021

FILE PHOTO The Department of Agriculture has confirmed finding the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in a wild bird in Galway END

Third outbreak of bird flu on Irish farm

It's a worrying development as the outbreak is outside the disease control zones in place around the other two affected farms.

Wed, 01 Dec, 2021

FILE PHOTO The Department of Agriculture has confirmed finding the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in a wild bird in Galway END

Bird housing order announced in Northern Ireland

It follows confirmation of 17 cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in Britain and two cases on farms in the Republic of Ireland

Thu, 25 Nov, 2021

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Concern as a second case of avian influenza is confirmed on an Irish farm

The second case involves a broiler flock which has tested positive for the H5N1 strain

Wed, 24 Nov, 2021

Avian Flu Forces Turkeys To Be Culled At North Yorkshire Farm

Bird Flu control measures to be introduced across Ireland

In the last fortnight five outbreaks of the highly-pathogenic strain H5N1 have been confirmed in wild birds in Ireland

Mon, 15 Nov, 2021

Irish poultry farms keep bird flu at bay

Irish poultry farms keep bird flu at bay

Ireland this week remained one of the few significant poultry farming EU member states where flocks have not been infected with HPAI H5N8 bird flu.

Thu, 02 Mar, 2017

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