Articles filed under Avian/Bird Flu
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Industry scrambles to stop fatal bird flu in South CarolinaApr 10, 2020 7:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An infectious and fatal strain of bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in South Carolina, the first case of the more serious ...
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Bird flu kills 25,000 turkeys in eastern Poland, sparks cullJan 02, 2020 6:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Authorities in eastern Poland say bird flu is responsible for the deaths of at least 25,000 turkeys in poultry farms near the country's borders wit...
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Bird flu hot spot: Scientists track virus in huge migrationJun 28, 2018 7:00 am - MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Huge flocks of famished birds scour the sands of Delaware Bay for the tiny greenish eggs an army of horseshoe crabs lays every spring. It's ...
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Polish firm sued over tricking homeless into vaccine testMar 21, 2018 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Prosecutors in Poland are suing a private firm accused of tricking homeless people into unwitting participation in bird flu vaccine tests in 2007. ...
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Bird flu: Dutch farmers ordered to keep poultry indoorsDec 08, 2017 6:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The Dutch government has ordered the country's farmers to keep all poultry indoors after bird flu was discovered at a duck farm. Authoritie...
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Philippines to cull 200,000 fowl after bird flu outbreakAug 11, 2017 7:00 am - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippines will cull at least 200,000 birds after confirming its first avian flu outbreak, but no animal-to-human transmission has been r...
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Bird flu confirmed in 2 poultry flocks in north AlabamaMar 21, 2017 7:00 am - MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama officials have confirmed bird flu in two poultry flocks, just a week after three commercial breeders had to kill their chickens across th...
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Vienna zoo puts down its pelicans because of bird fluMar 10, 2017 6:00 am - VIENNA (AP) - Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo has euthanized its flock of 20 Dalmatian pelicans after examinations showed them infected with bird flu. A zoo statement says the ...
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Bird flu cases revive fear of repeat of major 2015 outbreakMar 09, 2017 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The detection of a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu at a Tennessee chicken farm has poultry farmers stepping up security in an attempt to prevent ...
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Bird flu found at Tyson Foods chicken supplierMar 06, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tens of thousands of chickens have been destroyed at a Tennessee chicken farm due to a bird flu outbreak and 30 other farms within a six-mile radius have...