Is avian influenza a threat to the dairy industry?
The ongoing highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza – commonly known as bird flu – outbreak is one of the hardest hitting in history. Since 2020, it has led to the deaths of “an unprecedented number of deaths in wild birds and poultry”, according to the WHO. It spread to North America in 2021 and has […]
WOAH cautions against restricting movement of healthy cattle, dairy products
The recent detections of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) in cattle, as well as its ongoing spread in various regions of the world, are raising international concerns. Among those that is closely monitoring the situation to assess the risks to animals and humans is the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), which on April 5 […]