Polish bird flu outbreak sparks UK concerns

Polish bird flu outbreak sparks UK concerns

More than 200 outbreaks of avian influenza across Poland over the past few months have sparked fears of a shortage of cuts imported into the UK Birtwistles, which supplies butchered poultry to hotels and restaurants across the UK, said small breast fillets used in...
Emerging H5N8 avian influenza viruses

Emerging H5N8 avian influenza viruses

The first confirmed outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) in birds was documented in Scotland in 1959 with the influenza A H5N1 subtype, although there have been numerous suspected HPAIV outbreaks documented globally since 1878. H5N1 and its...