LOCAL NEWS
Nov 3, 2005 - State turkey farmers already watching for bird flu (KARE 11 TV)
Nov 3, 2005 - Governor outlines state plan to fight bird flu (KARE 11 TV)
Nov 3, 2005 - State leaders describe state bird flu plans (WCCO 4 TV)
NATIONAL
Sep 27, 2007 - Avian Influenza Detected in Saskatchewan (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
June 29, 2006- USDA releases report on bird flu efforts: Pandemic Planning Report (PDF)
May 10, 2006 - Poultry responds to ABC bird flu movie (PDF)
April 23, 2006 - DATELINE Bird Flu Special Outbreak: Could it happen here?
Jan 5, 2006 - Testing Program Launched to Ensure Chicken Products Are Free of Avian
Influenza (News Release - Washington; Contact: Richard L. Lobb 202-296-2622)
Dec 21, 2005 - Congress cuts $3.46B from Bush's avian flu request (FCW.com)
Dec 13, 2005 - FDA issues warnings on avian flu 'remedies' (CIDRAP News)
Dec 5, 2005 - No bird flu risk for consumers from properly cooked poultry and eggs (FAO Newsroom)
August 20, 2004 - United States declared free of High Path Avian Influenza virus (USDA/APHIS)
July 12, 2004 - OSHA issues guidelines to poultry producers, processors, and food handlers to prevent avian influenza infection (Meatnews.com)
June 29, 2004 - Bird flu mutating into deadlier threat: study (ABC News Online)
March 17, 2003 - Japan lifts general ban on U.S. poultry products (Meatnews.com)
- Delaware -
April 3, 2004 - Delaware, Maryland drop limits on poultry: Quarantine, ban on manure lifted (Newszap.com)
February 6, 2004 - Low Path Avian Influenza (LPAI) Found in Delaware: A flock of 12,000 chickens were destroyed after they were found to have LPAI. State authorities have tested chickens at 12 farms within two miles of the farm, but have not yet found any additional positive flocks. The strain of avian influenza is NOT the same as the strain currently affect birds and humans in Asia. The Delaware strain is an H7 which is not transmissible to humans. The strain in Asia is an H5. Countries banning U.S. poultry: Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Poland, and Saudi Arabia. Countries banning poultry from Delaware: Russia, Hong Kong and the Philippines.
- Delmarva (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia) -
November 2004 - Avian Flu Found in Ducks on Delmarva - The Maryland Department of Agriculture reported mid-November 2004 that two ducks on a farm in southern Worcester County tested positive for a form of the avian flu. But officials say the strain cannot spread to chickens and is not a threat to the poultry industry. Random tests identified the sick ducks, but further testing has found no other ducks with the disease.
- Maryland -
April 3, 2004 - Delaware, Maryland drop limits on poultry: Quarantine, ban on manure lifted (Newszap.com)
March 18, 2004 - All Maryland avian influenza test results remain negative (The PoultrySite.com)
March 5, 2004: A four-house poultry farm in Maryland was diagnosed as avian influenza (AI) positive. The strain was similar to the strain involved in the delaware/New Jersey outbreak. This finding was confirmed Saturday afternoon, March 6. The strain is similar to the strain involved in the Delaware / New Jersey outbreak.
- New Jersey -
February 12, 2004 - Low Pathogenic Avian influenza has been detected at four live bird markets in northern New Jersey. This is NOT the same strain that is occurring in Asia - it is not dangerous to humans. See press release.
- Pennsylvania -
February 23, 2004 - Russia not to ban Pennsylvania poultry (PoultexNew.com)
February 2004 - Low Path Avian Influenza (LPAI) was discovered in a layer flock in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The virus, an H2N2 strain, was discovered during routine surveillance testing for AI and had no clinical signs to indicate illness.
- Texas -
August 7, 2004 - Animal Health Officials Close Avian Influenza (AI) Command Center in Hopkins County, Texas
June 23, 2004 - Texas finds another case of bird flu (The Washington Times)
June 22, 2004 - LPAI outbreak in Texas: It was confirmed that a flock of 14 birds in NE Texas was infected with H7N3 strain of Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Avian influenza detected in small flock in Hopkins County (Texas Animal Health News Release)
May 29, 2004 - Chicken farm isolated, birds destroyed after bird flu found (The Detroit News)
May 28, 2004 - Texas Animal Health Commission news release
April 2, 2004 - Avian flu gone in Texas but persists in Canada (The PoultrySite.com)
March 1, 2004 - Intensive poultry testing plan to ensure disease eradication, help regain trade status (Texas Animal Health Commission news release)
February 23, 2004 - Rundown, remote chicken farm blamed for Texas bird flu (Reuters, Posted on Forbes.com)
February 2004 - High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was found in Gonzales, Texas. This the first incidence of HPAI in the U.S. in over 20 years.
INTERNATIONAL
Feb 21, 2006 - WHO: Changes in H5N1 virus may promote spread in birds (CIDRAP News)
Jan 1, 2006 - Avian Influenza: Hoping for the best; preparing for the worst (JAVMA News)
Dec 7, 2005 - Confirmed human death toll from H5N1 climbs to 69 (CIDRAP News)
Nov 28,2005 - Two human H5N1 cases noted; poultry outbreaks expand (CIDRAP News)
Bird Flu Summit in Rome (February 3-4, 2004) - A group of experts met in Rome to discuss how best to control the bird flu situation. Attending the 2-day summit were experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The outcome of the meeting was presented at the press conference. See conclusions and recommendations from the summit.
- Asia -
Feb 23, 2006 - Bird flu reaches Slovakia; human tests so far negative in India (CIDRAP News)
Feb 7, 2006 - Dead bird checked for avian flu (China View)
Dec 20, 2005 - Another avian flu case likely in Indonesia (CIDRAP News)
Dec 16, 2005 - Avian influenza - situation in China - update 49 (WHO News)
Dec 13, 2005 - Indonesia says man was 9th H5N1 fatality (CIDRAP News)
Dec 9, 2005 - Human H5N1 cases reported in China, Thailand (CIDRAP News)
July 11, 2005 - New bird flu cases found in Thailand (Monterey Hereald.com)
May 20, 2005 - Vietnam bird flu death toll reaches 53 (KFMB Station)
April 22, 2005 - Fourth Cambodian dies of avian flu (CIDRAP)
March 8, 2005 - WHO: 7 Vietnamese Patients Have Bird Flu (Phillyburbs.com)
February 17, 2005 - Bird flu cases 'underestimated' (BBC News)
January 12, 2005 - Avian flu outbreaks increasing in Vietnam (CIDRAP)
January 12, 2005 - Vietnam: A fourth bird flu death is suspected in southern Vietnam (International Herald Tribune)
January 12, 2005 - Commentary: Fresh outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu virus anticipated in Vietnam due to annual celebration activities (News Target Network)
January 10, 2005 - Bird flu kills Vietnam teenager, new case cited (Keralanext.com)
January 5, 2005 - Thailand: Human cases of H5N1 avian flu may have been missed (Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota)
December 22, 2004 - Bird flu virus threatens Asian traditions (USA Today)
December 22, 2004 - Suspected weak bird influenza shows up in S Korea: Ministry (Yonhapnews.com)
December 22, 2004 - Vietnam: Almost 4,000 chickens dead or culled amid bird flu fears (Channel News Asia)
December 14, 2004 - Avian flu found in nine wild bird species in Thailand (Yahoo Asia News)
October 5, 2004 - Death toll reaches 31 as Asia battles bird flu virus (Taipei Times)
September 29, 2004 - Thai suspected bird flu case fans human link fear (Planetark.com)
September 23, 2004 - Thai man dies of bird flu; Asian toll rises to 28 (The China Post)
September 9, 2004 - Malaysia seeks to resume poultry exports as boy cleared of bird-flu (Asian Pacific News)
August 13, 2004 - UN warns of risk of bird flu evolving into human pandemic after three new deaths (UN News Centre)
August 2004 - Avian Influenza outbreak in Vietnam suspected in human illness. NOTE: There has been NO transmission of Avian Influenza to humans in the United States.
July 13, 2004 - New bird flu cases in Malaysia and Thailand (The World Today)
February 18, 2004 - Bird flu death toll reaches 22 in Asia (Associated Press)
February 14, 2004 - Bird flu toll rises to 20 (The Globe and Mail)
February 3, 2004 - WHO moves to quell fears flu transferred by humans (The Globe and Mail)
February 3, 2004 - Germany checks woman for bird flu after Thai trip (The Globe and Mail)
February 2, 2004 - Transfer of bird flu between humans suspected (The Globe and Mail)
January 13, 2004 - Bird flu found to have killed three people in Vietnam (Asia Pacific News)
January 13, 2004 - Avian influenza A(H5N1) in humans and poultry in Vietnam (World Health Organization)
January 12, 2004 - Vietnam launches vaccination campaign against deadly flu (Asia Pacific)
- Canada -
Nov 23, 2005 - H5 avian flu in Russian swans, another infected farm in British Columbia (CIDRAP News)
Nov 21, 2005 - Avian flu viruses in Canada not dangerous, officials say (CIDRAP News)
May, 2005 - Swine flu caught by turkeys in British Columbia, Canada. The H3 strain of the flu virus was recently detected in a small number of turkeys during routine blood sampling at a turkey farm in Abbotsford, BC (Canada) but is not serious enough to be reportable to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The H3 virus is more common among pigs in the Prairie provinces, where it seems to have emerged in swine imported to Manitoba from the United States.
April 5, 2004 - Avian influenza A (H7) human infections in Canada (WHO)
February 24, 2004 - Chicken-farm workers didn't catch avian flu, tests show (The Globe and
Mail)
- Europe -
Feb 23, 2006 - Bird flu reaches Slovakia; human tests so far negative in India (CIDRAP News)
Dec 21, 2005 - UK welcomes adoption of avian influenza directive (Stackyard News)
Dec 2, 2005 - Romania has more avian flu outbreaks (CIDRAP News)
Nov 23, 2005 - H5 avian flu in Russian swans, another infected farm in British Columbia (CIDRAP News)
March 18, 2003 - Highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Netherlands (Meatnews.com)
March 14, 2003 - Avian flu fear in Belgium (Meatnews.com)
March 2003 - High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) was diagnosed on several farms in the Netherlands. It has since spread to Belgium and Germany. If traveling to Europe, especially infected areas, follow biosecurity measures when returning to poultry farms in the U.S. or if you have pet birds at home.
- South Africa -
December 6, 2004 - More ostriches will have to be culled in the East Cape, South Africa (South Africa Broadcasting Corp)
August 10, 2004 - SA bird flu ostrich cull begins (BBC)
August 9, 2004 - South Africa prohibits poultry exports as avian influenza outbreak worsens (Meatnews.com)
August 6, 2004 - Farms quarantined after bird flu outbreak (Cape Times)
August, 2004 - South Africa's government has begun the slaughter of 6,000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu in the south of the country.
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