Tag: bird flu

• Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 20:35 UTC

  Australia reports bird flu has killed 13.000 elephant seal pups in Heard and McDonald islands

  

  The pathogenic strain of bird flu, H5N1 has killed more than 13,000 elephant seal pups after infecting a breeding colony on a sub-Antarctic volcanic island, Australian scientists from the Antarctic Program discovered.

• Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

  Brazil: Bird flu case detected in wild animals

  

  A new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in wild birds in Montenegro, in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul, specifically affecting the species joão-de-barro (Furnarius rufus) was confirmed Wednesday, while a suspected case in a commercial poultry slaughterhouse in Tocantins was ruled out.

• Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 16:23 UTC

  Price of eggs forces Trump to rehire fired bird flu experts; in NYC a dozen sells for over US$ 12

  

  US President Donald Trump's administration is attempting to rehire officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) who worked on the government response to bird flu before being fired over the weekend, US media report.

• Friday, September 20th 2024 - 08:02 UTC

  Falklands, confirmed case of avian influenza in Surf Bay, close to Stanley

  

  The Falkland Islands Director of Natural Resources has released the following, “On Monday 16 September 2024 swabs that were taken from a dead Gentoo penguin on Surf Bay were tested and returned positive for HPAI. Given that this is an isolated case of one single bird, that is more than 1km from poultry or a colony, a level 1 response will be followed and a full protection zone will not be declared.”

• Tuesday, May 7th 2024 - 10:26 UTC

  Bird Flu in the Falklands: 23/24 season experience and planning for 24/25

  

  On Thursday 2 May the Wildlife Disease Response Group, which includes representatives from Falkland Islands Government, Falklands Conservation, Falkland Islands Tourist Board, Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, UK Ministry of Defense and other relevant stakeholders, met to discuss the 23/24 summer season specifically about the HPAI situation in the Falklands and the response to it.

• Sunday, December 10th 2023 - 11:31 UTC

  Bird flu expanding in Antarctica, high mortality among elephant seals

  

  Mass elephant seal deaths have been reported in the Antarctic region after a high level of mortality has been detected among elephant seal pups at three sites around South Georgia. Animals have shown symptoms that are consistent with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), and the outbreak affects particularly the southern elephant seal species (Mirounga leonine).

• Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 07:01 UTC

  Falklands brace for avian flu

  

  Agriculture officials in the Falkland Islands have announced that biosecurity measures have been stepped up in anticipation of the imminent arrival of avian influenza, which is likely to come from a sick bird.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

  Three more sea lions confirmed to have died of bird flu

  

  Argentina's National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa) Monday confirmed three more cases of avian influenza had been detected in sea lions along the country's Atlantic Ocean coast.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 06:38 UTC

  Falklands warns about the return of migratory birds and most probably Bird Flu

  

  With spring on the way, it won't be long before we enjoy seeing the return of migratory birds to the Falkland Islansds. However, with Bird Flu already present in South America, it is likely to enter the Falklands this season.

• Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 10:47 UTC

  Bird flu detected in dead sea lions on Tierra del Fuego shores

  

  Argentine authorities Friday confirmed the detection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 in sea lions found dead on the Tierra del Fuego shores.