#AvianInfluenza is evolving, but how dangerous is it? Expert, Keith Hamilton sheds some light. #BirdFlu

UK reports H5N1 in a sheep on poultry-outbreak farm Mastitis was the ewe's only symptom, and tests on milk were positive for H5N1. cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenz… Photo: Jose Francisco Del Valle Mojica/Flickr cc

Almost a year of avian influenza in cows. No clues on how this started, no signs of abating, concerns about adatation and some speculation about why here and not in europe science.org/content/articl…

AFD Blog `Virology: Detection of Antibodies Against Influenza A Viruses in Cattle' afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/03/virolo…

Study finds influenza A antibodies not uncommon in US cattle None of the samples were positive for H5N1 antibodies, but some showed earlier infection from human seasonal flu strains and swine flu strains. cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenz…

🌍 In response to H5Nx #avianinfluenza spread, Food and Agriculture Organization & World Organisation for Animal Health under GF-TADs, have developed a 10-year strategy (2024–2033) to prevent & control HPAI. The strategy highlights a systems approach for protecting poultry, wildlife & humans. Learn more: woah.org/en/document/gl…

Interested in an easy read to get information about H5N1? Dr. Angela Rasmussen Enikő Hermann and I wrote a short little review. "Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1: history, current situation, and outlook" journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv…

.Eurosurveillance : Cats as sentinels of mammal exposure to H5Nx avian influenza viruses: a seroprevalence study, France, December 2023 to January 2025 #h5n1 etc Pierre Bessière et al ➡️bit.ly/42aRR0Y

Ny statusrapport fra Veterinærinstituttet om fugleinfluensa: viltlevende andefugler som gjess og svaner vil kunne ha økt risiko for smitte i vår. Måker og rovfugl er også utsatt for H5N1-viruset som nå sirkulerer: vetinst.no/nyheter/okt-ri…

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GVN member Isabella Monne's FluMut tool aids genomic surveillance by identifying molecular markers in H5N1 sequences. Features include sequence analysis, a database, and GUI/CLI options. Read more: ow.ly/pIYv50VtZ8g #InfluenzaResearch #PandemicPreparedness #IZSVe

Nature Microbiology: Dairy cows develop protective immunity against reinfection with bovine #H5N1 influenza virus nice paper by Antonio Facciuolo et al go.nature.com/43Yk8KK

WHO, Food and Agriculture Organization & World Organisation for Animal Health updated their assessment of the risk #BirdFlu poses to human health. Based on the information we have, the risk for the general public is low. The risk is low-to-moderate for people who work with potentially infected animals. The risk is continuously monitored

Countries finalize historic pandemic agreement after three years of negotiations “One Health” approach is one of the key elements of the treaty. news.un.org/en/story/2025/…

AFD Blog `Updated joint FAO/WHO/WOAH Public Health Assessment of Recent Influenza A(H5) Virus Events in Animals and People' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/update…

(1/2) A CDC report looked at the H5N1 #birdflu viruses that caused illness in people in California and Washington. The report concluded the potential pandemic risk remains “moderate.”

Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, on Friday reported its first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza - also known as bird flu - on a commercial farm, triggering fears over global poultry supply chains. reut.rs/3F7UEAu reut.rs/3F7UEAu

Antibodies to H5 avian influenza virus detected in a sheep that grazed among dead and sick black-legged kittiwakes during the major avian influenza outbreak in Northern Norway, 2023. vetinst.no/nyheter/forskn… (in Norwegian)

A new African swine fever (ASF) vaccine standard has just been adopted at the #WOAHGS. High quality, effective vaccines paired with existing disease control measures could substantially lower the negative impact of the disease and achieve #ASF control.