Avian flu outbreak
It comes after a number of confirmed cases of the H5N1 strain of the virus in recent. Avian influenza refers to the disease caused by infection with avian bird influenza flu Type A viruses. Pin On World News Neither federal nor international animal health officials expect to see import bans imposed on Canadian poultry coming out of an avian flu outbreak at a farm on Newfoundlands Avalon Peninsula. . Northern Ireland is witnessing the largest ever outbreak of avian flu in the UK after two additional suspected cases were discovered. Avian flu now largest ever UK outbreak with 38 cases. Avian flu viruses do not normally infect humans. Rangers began retrieving dead cranes from Hula Lake in northern Israel on Monday Tens of thousands of turkeys are being destroyed in. Officials on Thursday announced that poultry farmers were forced to kill 500000 birds after a massive avian flu outbreak among poultry and other captive birds. Th...