Tag: bird flu

      Chickens Destroyed By the Thousands as Bird Flu Threatens Hong Kong

      December 22, 2011 /

      Thousands of chickens were destroyed after bird flu is discovered in Hong Kong.

      The territory’s Director of Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation declared the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market an infected place, the government said in a statement.
      Local farmers will be prevented from sending chickens to the market for 21 days.
      The government said that it was working to trace the origin of the chicken, which was infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, but that it did not know at this point whether it was from a local farm or imported.

      Quality Control

      Bird Flu Rebounds Warns U.N. Agency

      August 30, 2011 /

      The Bird Flu or H5N1 strain is potentially making a resurgence.

      The deadly flu is resistant to most recent vaccines and cases in China and Vietnam are causing concern.

      The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday urged increased surveillance and preparation for a potential outbreak of the virus, which it says has infected 565 people since it first appeared in 2003, killing 331 of them.

      The virus was eliminated from most of the 63 countries infected at its peak in 2006 after mass poultry culling, but since 2008 it has been expanding geographically in both poultry and wild birds, partly due to migration patterns.

      Quality Control, Wellness

      © 2025 MedClient.com

      Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑