France, the European Union's biggest agricultural producer, reported its first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in eight years.
Laboratory tests identified a very mild strain of the H5N1 virus and a culling operation of almost 40,000 birds had begun.
The strain of avian Influenza that caused deaths of thousands of duck in three districts of Kerala has been identified as H5N1. H5N1 is a highly contagious strain and can be fatal to humans. It ...
From Hong Kong to China and Japan to the Unites States, bird-flu seems to be flying across continents affecting poultry and posing a severe threat to human wellness.
Odisha ordered the cull of more than 2,500 chickens and other poultry after four dead crows and three dead poultry tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, officials said on Tuesday.
Bird flu transmits in humans when the person gets in close contact with the dead or live bird, affected with the H5N1 virus.
Death of 40 chickens and hens in a farm on the outskirts of the city near Kerala has triggered panic among people. The incident was reported from the same area wherethousand of birds were ...