H5n8 Virus

The presence of the H5N8 virus (bird flu) has been confirmed after at least 48 crows were found dead in Agar Malwa district of Madhya Pradesh, a senior official said on Tuesday.

A bird flu alert has been issued in Madhya Pradesh in the wake of sudden death of crows in large numbers in western parts of the state, including Indore. The testing of dead crow samples at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) has revealed the presence of the H5N8, the avian influenza causing virus, in some samples from ...

After bird flu was confirmed in samples of carcasses sent from Rajasthan's Jhalawar, avian influenza subtype H5N8, which experts said is less infectious than H5N1 virus, has been detected in the state's Kota and Baran districts.

The French farm ministry said on Tuesday that highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu had been found on a duck farm in the southwest of the country, confirming France's first farm outbreak of the virus this year.

Workers wearing masks and protective clothes gassed thousands of ducks in southwest France on Friday, in a massive cull that was ordered in an attempt to prevent a spread of the H5N8 bird flu virus.

A severe strain of H5N8 bird flu that has hit several countries in Europe leading to the culling of thousands of poultry was detected in wild ducks in Northern France, the farm ministry said on Monday.

Sweden on Friday said 200,000 chickens were being slaughtered at a farm where bird flu has been detected, following a resurgence in the virus across Europe.

Iran reported two outbreaks of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus at farms located in the Tehran region, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday, citing a report from the Iranian agriculture ministry.

It is not the H5N1 but the H5N8 - a less dangerous virus that is causing the bird flu in the national capital this year, experts have said, dispelling fears about the outbreak.

Taiwan's agriculture authority confirmed on Sunday that the strain of bird flu found in a goose breeding facility in the Chiayi County was the H5N8, which is not considered to be highly pathogenic.

Highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu strain was reported at a turkey farm in northern Italy, media reported on Wednesday.

German authorities on Saturday confirmed a second case of the H5N8 strain of bird flu in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the virus found in a wild bird.

The presence of the H5N8 virus (bird flu) has been confirmed after at least 48 crows were found dead in Agar Malwa district of Madhya Pradesh, a senior official said on Tuesday.

A bird flu alert has been issued in Madhya Pradesh in the wake of sudden death of crows in large numbers in western parts of the state, including Indore. The testing of dead crow samples at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) has revealed the presence of the H5N8, the avian influenza causing virus, in some samples from ...

After bird flu was confirmed in samples of carcasses sent from Rajasthan's Jhalawar, avian influenza subtype H5N8, which experts said is less infectious than H5N1 virus, has been detected in the state's Kota and Baran districts.

The French farm ministry said on Tuesday that highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu had been found on a duck farm in the southwest of the country, confirming France's first farm outbreak of the virus this year.

Workers wearing masks and protective clothes gassed thousands of ducks in southwest France on Friday, in a massive cull that was ordered in an attempt to prevent a spread of the H5N8 bird flu virus.

A severe strain of H5N8 bird flu that has hit several countries in Europe leading to the culling of thousands of poultry was detected in wild ducks in Northern France, the farm ministry said on Monday.

Sweden on Friday said 200,000 chickens were being slaughtered at a farm where bird flu has been detected, following a resurgence in the virus across Europe.

Iran reported two outbreaks of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus at farms located in the Tehran region, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday, citing a report from the Iranian agriculture ministry.

It is not the H5N1 but the H5N8 - a less dangerous virus that is causing the bird flu in the national capital this year, experts have said, dispelling fears about the outbreak.

Taiwan's agriculture authority confirmed on Sunday that the strain of bird flu found in a goose breeding facility in the Chiayi County was the H5N8, which is not considered to be highly pathogenic.

Highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu strain was reported at a turkey farm in northern Italy, media reported on Wednesday.

German authorities on Saturday confirmed a second case of the H5N8 strain of bird flu in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the virus found in a wild bird.