South Korea: Dog infected with H5N8 avian influenza as over 10 millions birds have been culled
South Korean agricultural authorities are reported that a dog has tested positive for antibodies against H5N8 avian influenza at a farm in Korea’s Chungcheongnam-do province, according to a Arirang News report More...
Libya reports first H5N1 bird flu outbreak on Tubruq farm
Libya has reported its first outbreak of Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) H5N1 on a farm in the port city of Tubruq (Tobruk) near the Egyptian border, according to Dr Abdunaser Dayhum, Director More...
Obama FY 2015 budget: $300 million for National Bio- and Agro- Defense Facility (NBAF)
President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget was released today and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would get $60.9 billion in total budget authority. $49.0 billion in gross discretionary funding, More...
H5N1 bird flu reported in 21 Vietnam provinces as H7N9 bird flu knocks on the door
The most recent number of Vietnamese provinces and cities affected by the current H5N1 bird flu outbreak is now 21, according to a Bernama report today. Image/CIA To date, some 64,000 birds have been culled due More...
H5N1 bird flu outbreaks reported in Vietnam
Two provinces in Vietnam are reporting H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in poultry, affecting hundreds of birds, according to a Xinhua report today. photo wattpublishing www.WATTAgNet.com. via Flickr The report states that More...
Calgary: Two house cats die after contracting H1N1 influenza
At least two cats in Calgary have died from H1N1 influenza, which are believed to be the 1st feline cases of pH1N1-09 in Canada, according to a CBC report Friday. Public domain image/Jon Sullivan Dr Alistair More...
New strain of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus found in US, virus spreads to second Canadian farm
The Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), which was introduced in the United States in April 2013, has been seen in at least 23 states and areas of Canada, affected over 2,400 farms. Now a second strain of the More...
California man, William Buchman, arrested after hundreds of snakes found in home
A California school teacher was arrested after police discovered over 300 pythons, some dead, inside of his home on Southern California. William Buchman, a teacher at Mariners Elementary School in Newport Beach, was More...
South Korea culls over 600,000 birds in effort to slow spread of H5N8 avian flu
The South Korean government has begun much larger measures to get the H5N8 avian influenza (AI) outbreak, that began about two weeks ago, under control, according to a Korea Joongang Daily report Monday. Image/CIA A More...
Pig virus, PEDv, confirmed on Ontario, Canada farm
In a follow-up to the investigation by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) concerning a suspected outbreak of the pig virus, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) last week, a farrow to finish More...
South Korea H5N8 avian flu update, virus spreads to chicken farm
On Saturday, Michael Coston, owner and writer for the website, Avian Flu Diary joined me on the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show to give an update on latest from the South Korean outbreak of H5N8 avian influenza. Image/CIA This More...
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea outbreak in the US update
The outbreak of the deadly pig virus, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), which was first seen in the United States in April 2013, has now spread to 23 states and areas of Canada, encompassing some 2,400 farms, More...
Ontario officials investigate possible porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus on Middlesex County farm
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) is conducting an investigation on a hog farm in Middlesex County after a suspected finding of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus, according to a news release More...
South Korea: H5N8 bird flu spreads to four farms
The outbreak of H5N8 avian influenza (AI) has spread to at least four farms in South Korea and officials fear the migration of birds may increase it’s spread, according to a Korea Joongang Daily report Wednesday. Authorities More...
Germany reports rare form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cow
A cow tested positive for a rare form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) as part of the German targeted BSE, or mad cow disease surveillance system, according to a World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) More...
Australia: Flying fox tests positive for lyssavirus
A flying fox found in Tomago, New South Wales, has tested positive for Australian Bat Lyssavirus, according to a Newcastle Herald report Tuesday. Wildlife in Need of Care (WINC) volunteers rescued the animal from More...
Pig virus, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus, reported in 22 states
The number of cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) has eclipsed 2,000 and has spread to 22 states, according to a recent Reuters report. US Department of Agriculture officials fear it could get worse More...
H5N1 bird flu outbreak confirmed in China’s Hubei Province
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced Monday an outbreak of H5N1 in poultry at a farm in China’s Hubei Province. photo wattpublishing www.WATTAgNet.com. via Flickr Chickens at a farm in Wanjia More...
Senegal makes great progress in battle against tse tse fly using Sterile Insect Technique
PRESS RELEASE A campaign against the tsetse fly, a pest that transmits a disease that devastates livestock, in the Niayes area near the capital Dakar has radically reduced the fly population and is paving the More...
West Nile virus linked to deaths of 27 bald eagles in Utah
After ruling out a number of possible culprits– avian cholera, erysipelas, lead poisoning and a number of other toxins and chemicals, officials with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) report that More...
