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France To Cull More Ducks In 'Race Against Time' To Halt Bird Flu

France is to extend mass culling of poultry as it faces a "race against time" to contain a bird flu virus sweeping through a duck-breeding area i...

France Reports Second Bird Flu Outbreak On Farm

Highly contagious bird flu has been detected at a second farm in the Landes region in southwest France, the local authorities said, as the diseas...

France Finds Bird Flu Case On Duck Farm, Tests Ongoing

A case of bird flu has been found on a duck farm in southwestern France but it is still unclear whether it is the highly contagious form of the v...

Fast Spreading Bird Flu Puts EU Poultry Industry On Edge

A highly contagious and deadly form of avian influenza is spreading rapidly in Europe, putting the poultry industry on alert with previous outbreaks in min...

Germany May Cull Up To 70,000 Chickens After Bird Flu Found On Another Farm

Bird flu has been found on another chicken farm in Germany and a programme to slaughter up to 70,000 poultry is being prepared, authorities said on Tuesday...

France Places Parts Of Country On High Alert For Bird Flu

France is putting part of the country on high alert for bird flu after cases of the disease were reported in western Europe since last month, the governmen...

Dutch To Cull 35,700 Chickens After Bird Flu Detected

Dutch animal health authorities will cull 35,700 broiler chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu was found on a farm in the central Netherlan...

Bulgaria Reports Two New Bird Flu Outbreaks

Bulgaria's food safety agency authorities have reported two new outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in the southern part of the Balkan country...