UK facing major bird flu outbreaks every year, top official says The UK could suffer major bird flu outbreaks every year, a senior government official has warned. Professor Ian Brown, head of virology at the Animal and Plant Health Agency APHA , said it was not known exactly why there have been record outbreaks for two years in a row, as well as a rare human case this winter.
Bird flu kills thousands of cranes in Israel, poultry also culled JERUSALEM, Dec 27 Reuters - An outbreak of avian flu has killed more than 5, migratory cranes in Israel, prompting authorities to declare a popular nature reserve off-limits to visitors and warn of a possible egg shortage as poultry birds are culled as a precaution. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met First Briton contracts deadly bird flu A case of the H5 strain has been identified in a person from South West England.
Officials have confirmed that a person has contracted bird flu, believed to be the potentially fatal H5N1 variant. ABC News. The African giant pouched male rat was the most successful landmine detecting rat for the nonprofit APOPO -- a Tanzania-based group that trains the species to detect landmines and tuberculosis -- dubbing them "HeroRATs. Rights group Animal Aid contacted all supermarkets to ask whether they bought from farms that caged the breeding birds.
Crowding in cages causes high rates of injury and premature death and many birds are fitted with restrictive face masks to limit damage caused by stressed birds attacking one another, according to game Bird flu outbreak confirmed at Upholland site An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed at a site in Lancashire, the government has said. A spokesperson said all birds at the non-commercial premises near Upholland "will be humanely culled".
A protection zone and surveillance zone have been implemented around the site. Dead wild birds found on private property: disposal If birds do not require reporting to the GB Dead Wild Bird Helpline, follow this advice for their disposal.
Disposal in household or municipal waste refuse: if possible, wear disposable protective gloves when picking up and handling dead wild birds if disposable gloves are not available, a plastic bag can be used as a make-shift glove.
When the dead bird has been picked up, the bag can be turned back on itself and tied. It should then be placed in a second plastic bag, tied and disposed of in the normal household waste lidded bin outside place the dead bird in a suitable plastic bag, preferably leak proof. Care should be taken not to contaminate the outside of the bag tie the bag and place it in a second plastic bag remove gloves by turning them inside out and then place them in the second plastic bag.
Tie the bag and dispose of it in the normal household refuse bin Burial: the dead bird can be buried, but not in a plastic bag the depth of the burial hole must be sufficient to prevent animals scavenging and gaining access to it — at least 60cm deep is advised location must not be near any watercourses, or likely to contaminate local water supplies Disposal of dead wild birds on farmland The carcasses of wild animals, other than wild game, are exempt from the animal by-product ABP rules in the UK.
Human health implications Some strains of bird flu can pass to humans but this is very rare. Wild bird surveillance. First published: 19 Mar Last updated: 21 Dec - show all updates. Was this helpful? Your feedback will help us improve this site Feedback type Yes No Yes, but.
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We have translated as much content in your language as our resources allow. Please visit the English language site to view all of our content. The scene is a grim one: rangers wearing protective gear paddle out in a dinghy to the middle of Hula Lake, Israel, to start retrieving the dead Common Cranes scattered across the water.
Their job is cut out for them: more than 5, cranes succumbed to the recent bird flu outbreak, which hit Israel in December However, in recent weeks more and more cases have been found elsewhere in the country, with a higher ratio of non-cranes, including raptors such as Common Buzzards and Eurasian Kestrels. Local farmers have had to cull half a million chickens, causing serious loss of income and even prompting fears of egg shortages.
But what is this virus, and where did it come from? Most are benign, at worst causing only mild disease, and circulate in wild birds. The strain H5N1 is of particular concern.
It is primarily a poultry disease, but can impact wild birds too. However, with large-scale outbreaks across Europe just before Israel, one could speculate that wild birds migrating south from Asia and Europe carried the disease with them.
By comparison, there were 26 outbreaks last winter. It is thought to be the first detected case involving an eagle in Scotland. The adult eagle, from a well-established territory on the Trotternish peninsula, was found dead on 14 November. Ornithologists believe it may have fed on infected greylag geese. Of these cases, people died. While transmission is rare, it has happened. So far, most of the human deaths have been in countries in Asia, in communities in which people live in close proximity to poultry.
Although it does not easily infect humans, every time it does it increases the chance that the virus could mutate into a form that could be passed from one infected human to another. The WHO fears this could lead to a flu pandemic. It is very unlikely you will catch the virus unless you have been in close contact with infected birds or someone with confirmed or suspected bird flu.
The virus is found in secretions from the eyes and respiratory tract, and droppings of infected birds. Humans can catch the virus by inhaling droplets sneezed by infected birds or the dust from their bedding or droppings. They vary depending on the strain.
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