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Mad Cow disease case reported in Spain

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Ministerio de Agricultura in Madrid, Spain recently notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) of a case of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow on...

Hong Kong reports additional COVID-19 positive pet cat

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said last Monday that samples from a pet cat sent to the AFCD have tested positive for the COVID-19...

British Columbia: Salmonella outbreak reported in Pine Siskins

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia is reporting a salmonella outbreak in Pine Siskins. They say increased reports of sick and dying birds have been noted across...

Gifu prefecture in Japan reports new bird flu outbreak

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By Teddy Cambosa Japan reports another wave of bird flu outbreak, this time in the prefecture of Gifu, as state officials have reported it coming from a chicken farm in the city of Minokamo. Polymerase...

Nearly 9,000 poultry to be culled in Denmark due to bird flu outbreak

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By Teddy Cambosa Local authorities in the municipality of Vibord in Denmark have decided to cull nearly 9,000 poultry after a farm in the Lovel village found that it is dealing with a strain of bird flu. According...

1M chickens to be culled after Japan deals with another bird flu outbreak

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By Teddy Cambosa In response to another bird flu outbreak in the country, Japanese prefecture Chiba has ordered the culling of more than one million chickens. The announcement came after workers in a...

Ehrlichiosis in Australia: Cases are exploding in some regions

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the tick-borne dog disease, Ehrlichiosis, in Australia, vets in Top End in Australia’s Northern Territory say some 1000 dogs have died of ...

Belgium declared African swine fever disease free

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 On December 21, 2020, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) issued the self-declaration submitted by Belgium on October 27 for regaining the disease-free status “African...

Scotland confirms H5N8 avian influenza on Island of Sanday farm

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Officials with the Scottish government have confirmed a flock of birds from a farm on the Island of Sanday in Orkney has tested positive for H5N8 avian influenza. In order to...

Chronic Wasting Disease case reported in wild white-tailed deer in Wyandot County

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 For the first time since routine surveillance for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was instituted in 2002 in Ohio, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife...