US EditionBrazil finds bird flu in wild bird, investigates potential case on commercial farm
- On May 27, Brazil reported a bird flu infection in wild birds in Mateus Leme and is examining a suspected outbreak at a poultry operation in Anta Gorda.
- These incidents come after an earlier bird flu outbreak was detected at a commercial poultry farm in a southern city of Brazil, leading multiple countries to impose trade restrictions.
- Brazil currently investigates around a dozen suspected avian flu outbreaks nationwide, with only two involving commercial farms including Anta Gorda, while a case in Tocantins tested negative.
- Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro explained that the new cases are to be expected given Brazil's large population of seasonal birds that often carry viruses.
- Authorities follow standard protocols, expecting wild bird cases to have no impact on Brazil's poultry trade, the world's largest exporter.
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Brazil rules out suspected bird flu case in Tocantins farm
Brazil’s agriculture ministry has excluded the suspected case in a commercial farm in the northern state from the map with cases under investigation and confirmed outbreaks, according to reports. The ministry also said in a statement that Kuwait, Brazil’s 12nd…
Brazil finds bird flu in wild bird, investigates potential case on commercial farm
Brazil identified fresh bird flu cases in wild animals, which it said should not have any commercial impact, and is investigating a new potential case on a commercial farm, Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro said on Tuesday.
Brazil: Bird flu case detected in wild animals
A new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in wild birds in Montenegro, in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul, specifically affecting the species joão-de-barro (Furnarius rufus) was confirmed Wednesday, while a suspected case in a commercial poultry slaughterhouse in Tocantins was ruled out.
Strict Confinement Order After Newcastle Disease in Oldenzaal Causes Misunderstanding Among Pigeon Fanciers
A very severe measure indeed. Eighty pigeon fanciers do not understand much about a mandatory confinement and screening that was announced after an outbreak of 'Newcastle disease', also known as pseudo-bird flu, in Oldenzaal. Pigeon expert and veterinarian Henk de Weerd also thinks the measures are greatly exaggerated. "This virus has been circulating among city pigeons in every European city for years."
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