The highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (bird flu) has spread to two more states in the country. The states are Plateau and Katsina. Recall that two weeks ago, the federal government alerted farmers and veterinary offices across the country of the outbreaks of the disease in Kano State, reports Daily Trust. The Plateau incident was recorded [&he...
•Bird flu The first human death from bird flu in the United States has intensified calls for the government to ramp up efforts to stave off the threat of another pandemic — particularly ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Health experts around the world have for months been urging US authorities to […]
•Japan flag Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens yesterday after a bird flu outbreak at a farm in the northern Iwate region. It is the 19th bird flu outbreak of the season in Japan, the agriculture ministry said. The latest farm reported increasing deaths of fowl, and test results confirmed yesterday that bird flu […]...

