The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger States have reported confirmed human cases of Avian Influenza H5N1 also called “Bird flu.” The NCDC Director General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known in a statement on
South Korean farms have culled 13.6 million poultry nationwide as part of measures to contain the spread of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu, the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said on Wednesday. In late November, South Korea reported the first case of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu at a ducks […]
The Kaduna State government has disclosed that poultry farmers in the state lost more than 37,000 birds to Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) between January and May this year. While 21,400 of the birds died as a direct result of infection, 16,300 were culled by officials of the state Ministry of Agriculture to stop the spread […]
Recently, the Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO),called for a $20 million intervention fund for prevention and response activities against the highly virulent avian flu H5N1. This call is in response to outbreaks of the virus in poultry farms, markets and family holdings in Nigeria and some West African countries. The outbreak comes as some countries across […]