avian flu virus News
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Worries rise over outbreaks of avian flu in West Africa
Fears are growing that without timely intervention to stem outbreaks of the highly virulent avian flu virus H5N1 across West Africa, further spread across the region and beyond is inevitable, FAO said today. To this end, the agency is calling for $20 million for prevention and response activities. The call follows outbreaks of the virus in poultry farms, markets and family holdings in Nigeria, ...
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New Process Converts Poultry Litter into Bio-oil
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, August 29, 2007 (ENS) - Each year in the United States the poultry industry produces more than 5.6 million tons of litter - a mixture of bedding, manure, feathers, and spilled feed. Now, a team of researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech is developing transportable pyrolysis units that will convert poultry litter into bio-oil that can be ...
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North East Asia hit hard by Avian Influenza
At least half a dozen farms in Taiwan have been included in the recent our breakout of the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (Avian Flu). Since October 2016, nearly 33 million birds across almost 35 different poultry farms have been affected in South Korea due to the recent breakouts. Japan has also seen the H5N6 virus, or Avian Flu, in wilds birds and nearly 1,4 million birds on 10 different ...
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North East Asia Hit Hard by Avian Influenza
At least half a dozen farms in Taiwan have been included in the recent our breakout of the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (Avian Flu). Since October 2016, nearly 33 million birds across almost 35 different poultry farms have been affected in South Korea due to the recent breakouts. Japan has also seen the H5N6 virus, or Avian Flu, in wilds birds and nearly 1,4 million birds on 10 different ...
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CFAES Experts Available to Speak on Avian Flu
Experts from The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and the College of Veterinary Medicine are available to speak with the media about the avian influenza virus. A federal report released on May 11 determined agency challenges in preventing the virus in both poultry and humans. Change-Won (Charles) Lee, an Ohio Agricultural Research and Development ...
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