Some supermarkets are rationing eggs; here’s why
- 15-Nov-2022
Some British supermarkets have started to ration customers’ purchase of eggs after supplies were disrupted by avian flu. Britain is facing its largest-ever outbreak of bird flu and is seeing rapid escalation in the number of cases on commercial farms, impacting eggs supply and also raising fears of a shortage of turkeys and chickens for the Christmas table. Asda, […]
Bird flu kills close to a record number of poultry in US
- 18-Oct-2022
A near-record number of US chickens and turkeys have died in this year’s outbreak of avian flu, as a different form of the virus than farmers battled before has infected more wild birds that then transmit the disease, officials said. More than 47 million birds have died due to infections and cullings. This has spurred […]
UK tackles ‘largest-ever’ bird flu outbreak
- 09-Dec-2021
UK has culled around half a million birds this year as the country battles its “largest-ever” avian flu outbreak, the government said on Thursday. Alongside culling, new rules require bird keepers to ensure all captive birds are indoors and follow strict biosecurity measures to try to stem the spread of the virus. But officials are […]
Ghana culls thousands of chickens amid avian flu outbreak
- 17-Jul-2021
ACCRA: Ghana has destroyed 4,500 chickens and restricted the movement of poultry after nearly 6,000 birds were found to have died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu, the country’s veterinary services director said on Saturday. The birds originated from seven farms in Ghana’s greater Accra, Central and Volta regions, and poultry movement from those […]
Avian flu detected in seabirds in South Africa
- 23-Mar-2018
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa has detected an outbreak of avian flu in seabirds, citing the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain that infected the country’s poultry industry last year. Last year’s outbreak resulted in poultry farmers culling millions of birds and prompted neighbouring countries including Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana to ban poultry imports from South Africa. In the […]
Japan culling 330,000 birds to fight avian flu
- 29-Nov-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. The planned cull of some 16,500 ducks at a farm in the northern prefecture of Aomori and nearly 320,000 chickens at a farm in […]