Hong Kong plans to slaughter all live poultry in the territory’s markets following the appearance the H5N1 strain of bird flu. As Naomi Martig reports from Hong Kong, this is the most serious outbreak of the virus in the city where it was discovered in five years.
Hong Kong authorities say the cull affects all retail [...]
Japan detected the bird flu virus in three dead swans, the nation’s first case of the disease in more than a year, Kyodo News Agency reported, citing a National Institute of Animal Health study.
The swans, which tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, were found in Japan’s northern prefecture of Akita on [...]
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A range of new technologies including genetic modification (GM) and RNA Interference are being deployed to improve the health of farm animals in a series of European and global initiatives. The ground was laid for a European platform to develop new treatments that exploit these technologies at a recent workshop organised by the European Science [...]
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Some of the worst threats to farm workers and farm animals such as bird flu, foot-and-mouth disease and other emerging viruses could soon be quickly identified by using a simple screening chip developed by scientists from the Institute for Animal Health, scientists will hear March 31, 2008 at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting.
“The [...]
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Scores of deadly infectious diseases are crossing the species barrier from animals to humans, scientists have reported.
A three-year investigation has shown that since 1940 around 250 viruses such as HIV, Ebola Virus, Sars and H5N1 bird flu have jumped from wild animals to people.
Presenting the first-ever map of “hotspots” of new infectious diseases in [...]
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