Avian flu outbreak
Waterworks Park in North Belfast has been closed until further notice while the citys council responds to the ongoing issue that saw 16 birds removed from the water in recent days. The government is bringing in new measures for bird and poultry keepers to contain an outbreak of avian flu.
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Avian influenza or bird flu is a contagious and often fatal viral disease of birds.
. A number of dead aquatic birds have been removed from a former reservoir in Belfast following an outbreak of avian flu in Northern Ireland as Breaking News reports. Preliminary outbreak assessments for avian influenza in Europe Russia and in the UK. There is a constant risk of avian influenza being introduced into Ireland from wild birds particularly from October onwards each year as this is when migratory birds arrive and congregate on wetlands mixing with resident species.
We monitor any major notifiable or new and emerging animal disease outbreaks worldwide. It comes after a number of confirmed cases of the H5N1 strain of the virus in recent. Annual epidemics of sporadic human infections with Asian H7N9 viruses in China have been reported since that time.
Human infections with an Asian lineage avian influenza AH7N9 virus Asian H7N9 were first reported in China in March 2013. It affects the respiratory digestive andor nervous system of many species of birds. However sporadic human infections with avian flu viruses.
Avian influenza AI commonly known as bird flu is a highly contagious viral disease. These viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species. Avian influenza refers to the disease caused by infection with avian bird influenza flu Type A viruses.
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.
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