Avian influenza information

A duck being vaccinated against H5N1.  FAO photo

 

News:

Bird Flu Virus ‘Unlikely to Reach Australia’
Immunologist and Nobel prize-winner Peter Doherty says although the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain has killed 240 people overseas, Australia's dry climate and isolation will help prevent the virus entering the country. READ MORE

 

Agricultural council offers free issue papers

Penn Study Pinpoints New DNA Weapon Against Bird Flu

Hong Kong's local farms to send chickens to wholesale market

Avian influenza protection zone lifted

Ramsar plans wetland guidelines to halt bird flu

USAID Continues to Help Sri Lanka Prevent Avian Influenza

World Bank gives Uganda 17bn to fight avian flu

Fears of pandemic remain despite progress combating avian influenza

Portuguese-speaking countries discuss management of possible bird ...

H5N1 virus resurfaces in Pakistan

FACTBOX-Bird flu's spread around the globe

UN Press Conference on Avian Influenza threat, global preparedness

UN Cites Progress in Combating Avian Flu

CSL Wins Australian Approval for Avian Flu Vaccine

The New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Study Investigating ...

Avian Influenza

Avian and pandemic influenza

No High Risk Avian Influenza Viruses Found in Canada's Wild Birds

Nigeria: Plateau Gets C'ttee On Bird Flu

Bird flu strains closer to infect human

 

 

Visit KDA's avian influenza page here.

 

View an avian influenza fact sheet from KDA here.

 

Visit the Kentucky Department for Public Health's pandemic influenza/avian influenza web page here.

 

For the latest Federal government information about pandemic or avian influenza, click here.

 

Visit the United Nations FAO avian influenza web page here.

 

Visit the Global Wildlife Disease Map here.

 

Find out about Biosecurity For The Birds here.

 

Get more tips about detecting avian influenza here (English) and here (Espanol)

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