Person in Texas diagnosed with rare bird flu after contact with cattle
There has only been one other human case of avian flu in the US, and the risk to the public is low. Source link
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TSFDC to organise nature camp, bird walk on March 2, 3
Telangana State Forest Development Corporation (TSFDC) is organising a nature camp on March 2 and 3 in Forestrek Park, Chilkur, and a bird walk on March 3, at Botanical Garden, Kondapur. Team building activities, tent pitching, night trekking with lanterns, night camping, camp fire, bird walk, nature trail, and adventure games will be part of … Read more
Andhra Pradesh officials sound alert on bird flu, collect samples from poultry farms
Chickens at a poultry farm in Vijayawada on Sunday. There has been a drop in chicken sales due to the bird flu scare in the last two days, according to traders. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao Officials sounded an alert over the presence of Avian Influenza A(H5N1), also known as bird flu, in Nellore district. … Read more
Water bird count throws up mixed results in Ernakulam
The 2024 Asian Waterbird Census has thrown up mixed results in Ernakulam district. Blue-tailed Bee Eater While the number of water bird species spotted during the exercise marginally went up this year, the number of individuals counted plummeted to half, according to the organisers. Black-winged Stilt This year, 115 species and 3,168 individuals were counted. … Read more
Bird flu: Scientists see gene editing hope for immune chickens
Researchers have developed gene-edited chickens that are partially resistant to bird flu. Source link
Bird flu defence discovered in our bodies
Scientists want to be able to predict which bird flus are able to make the jump into people. Source link
Two poultry workers test positive for bird flu
The cases in England were found during screening and there is no sign of human-to-human transmission. Source link
Bird flu: UK health officials make contingency plans
There is no evidence bird flu will start spreading between people but experts are preparing for any scenario. Source link
H5N1: Cambodian girl dies in rare bird flu case
It is the first known human transmission of bird flu in the South East Asian nation since 2014. Source link
Migratory bird arrivals at Punjab’s Harike wetland decline this season, latest census shows
Punjab’s Harike wetland. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The arrival of migratory birds this year to Harike, northern India’s largest wetland, declined 12% from 2021, according to the latest census of these water birds. The Forest and Wildlife Preservation department census counted 65,624 birds from 85 species at Harike, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) … Read more