The International Organisation for Animal Well being (WOAH) has reported new instances of extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in Denmark and Nigeria.
Stories at the scenarios in each international locations have been revealed at the WOAH website online on Sept. 11. In each international locations, an H5N1 variant of HPAI was once detected.
Avian influenza in Denmark
The presence of HPAI was once showed at a poultry retaining in Vester Ulslev, Denmark.
Consistent with the WOAH document, on September 8, 2024, a scientific suspicion was once reported to the Danish Veterinary and Meals Management. The affected poultry retaining is composed of roughly 3,500 geese and a pair of,800 hens. At the premises, 200 of the prone 6,300 birds had died.
Samples from the flock have been taken to a countrywide reference laboratory, which showed that the birds were suffering from an H5N1 variant of HPAI.
A three-kilometer coverage zone and a 10-kilometer surveillance zone had been established. The birds are being depopulated and the carcasses shall be disposed of through rendering.
Consistent with WOAH, the closing case of H5N1 HPAI in Denmark was once showed in February.
HPAI in Nigeria
WOAH reported a brand new outbreak of HPAI in Ugbeyiyi, Nigeria. In past due August, it was once reported that a complete flock of one,590 poultry birds had died. Samples from the flock have been examined and located in line with H5N1 HPAI.
Consistent with WOAH, a complete of two,410,875 birds in Nigeria had been misplaced on account of H5N1 HPAI.
View our proceeding protection of the international avian influenza state of affairs.