Ireland: 2022 Bird flu in wild birds

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Source: https://www.independent.ie/regionals...-41451240.html



Geese dying on Sligo beaches due to Avian flu
By Stephen Holland
arch 16 2022 01:00 PM

Dozens of barnacle geese have been found dead over the last number of weeks in the North Sligo area due to an outbreak of avian influenza.

The diseased geese, mostly in the Lissadell and Ballyconnell area, represent a public health hazard as there is danger of it spreading to other animals due to scavenging. Members of the public are warned not to handle any dead birds and pets should not be left unsupervised in those areas...

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Immediate notification
Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-), Ireland
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General Information

COUNTRY OR ZONE
ZONE

DISEASE
Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-)

STARTED ON
04-07-2022

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

GENOTYPE/ SEROTYPE/ SUBTYPE
H5N1

CONFIRMED ON
07-07-2022

REASON
Recurrence of an eradicated disease

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

ENDED ON
-

DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

REPORTED ON
15-07-2022

LAST OCCURRENCE
25-03-2022

Epidemiology

SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
- Unknown or inconclusive


EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
On July 4th, a Common Raven that died in a costal location was submitted to Cork Regional Veterinary Laboratory. On July 7th, the Irish Central Veterinary Research Laboratory confirmed the presence of avian influenza subtype H5N1 in samples taken from the bird. Pathogenicity could not be determined due to sample degradation. On July 12th, a Guillemot that died in a costal location was submitted to Sligo Regional Veterinary Laboratory. On July 15th, the Irish Central Veterinary Research Laboratory confirmed the presence of avian influenza subtype H5N1 in samples taken from the bird. Pathogenicity results are pending.
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Outbreaks

ob_104798 - Skellig Michael

OUTBREAK REFERENCE
-

STARTED ON
04-07-2022

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Not applicable

NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS
-

ENDED ON
-

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
On July 4th, a Common Raven that died in a costal location was submitted to Cork Regional Veterinary Laboratory.

APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Skellig Michael

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Kerry

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
-

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
-

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
Lat : 51.77089

Long : -10.5404


SPECIES MEASURING UNIT SUSCEPTIBLE CASES DEATHS KILLED AND DISPOSED OF SLAUGHTERED/KILLED FOR COMMERCIAL USE VACCINATED
Common Raven (Corvus corax):Corvidae-Passeriformes NEW Animal - - 1 - - -
TOTAL Animal - - 1 - - -
- NEW Animal - - 1 - - -
TOTAL Animal - - 1
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ob_104963 - Greencastle

OUTBREAK REFERENCE
-

STARTED ON
12-07-2022

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT
Not applicable

NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS
-

ENDED ON
-

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION
On July 12th, a Guillemot that died in a costal location was submitted to Sligo Regional Veterinary Laboratory.

APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Greencastle

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
Donegal

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
-

THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
-

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
Lat : 55.21

Long : -6.9591


SPECIES MEASURING UNIT SUSCEPTIBLE CASES DEATHS KILLED AND DISPOSED OF SLAUGHTERED/KILLED FOR COMMERCIAL USE VACCINATED
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle):Alcidae-Charadriiformes NEW Animal - - 1 - - -
TOTAL Animal - - 1 - - -
- NEW Animal - - 1 - - -
TOTAL Animal - - 1 - - -
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Source: https://www.independent.ie/regionals...-41971982.html

Avian flu kills hundreds of birds along Wexford coast – ‘They looked like they dropped out of the sky’
newrossstandard
David Looby
September 08 2022 02:31 PM

Hundreds of wild birds have been found on beaches along the Wexford coastline by walkers over recent days as a deadly avian flu runs rampant through their populations.

Bird deaths have been reported in Cullenstown Strand, near Fethard-on-Sea and at Ballyconnigar beach, among other locations.

People are being advised to keep themselves and their dogs away from the dead birds for fear of the spread of infection...

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Source: ://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0912/1321975-avian-flu-cases/

Department confirms 21 cases of avian influenza in wild birds
Updated / Monday, 12 Sep 2022 17:15
The Department said that 20 of the 21 confirmed cases were detected in seabirds
By Helen Donohue

Twenty-one positive cases of avian influenza have been confirmed in Ireland, the Department of Agriculture has said.

In a statement, the department said that all but one of the cases were detected in seabirds.

It said 80 wild birds were submitted to its laboratories for testing since July of this year.

Of these, 21 positive avian influenza cases were confirmed, all of which are sub-type H5N1.

They include 19 gannets, one raven and one guillemot...

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Source: https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dubli...-nine-25011282

Avian flu warning as at least nine birds found dead on Dublin beach
It's the latest of a number of mass deaths of birds across Ireland
ByLaura LyneReporter
05:30, 14 SEP 2022

Further warnings about the dangers of avian flu have been issued after at least nine dead birds were found on a Dublin beach.

The Bull Island Action Group shared worrying images of dead birds found on Dollymount beach - including gannets. And they warned the public not to touch them and to keep their dogs away.

It comes as birds have been falling from the sky from the suspected avian flu across Ireland. They've also been spotted dead on the Warren Beach in West Cork.

The Bull Island Action Group said: "Lots of dead birds today on Dollymount beach. Please do not touch them, or let your dogs near these birds as it’s suspected they may have died from Avian flu."

Earlier this week Niall Hatch from Birdwatch Ireland said they have received “hundreds of calls” about dead gannets. He called for “urgent action” by the National Parks and Wildlife Service before ducks, foxes and domestic poultry are destroyed...

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Source: https://highlandradio.com/2022/09/18...ounty-donegal/

Cases of bird flu discovered in County Donegal
September 18, 2022

It’s been revealed that several cases of bird flu have been recently discovered in County Donegal.

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine say that 60 cases have been discovered nationwide following tests, with the vast majority with the virus being sea birds.

Cases of H5N1 have also been discovered in counties Cork, Kerry, Mayo, Dublin, Louth and Waterford...

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Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/environme...ens-to-worsen/

Avian flu devastates Irish seabirds as Europe-wide outbreak threatens to worsen
Concerns are growing that highly contagious disease is about to hit flocks of commercial captive birds. So how worried should the public be?
Kevin O'Sullivan
Sat Oct 22 2022 - 05:00

Europe is in the throes of its worst outbreak of avian flu. The highly contagious virus has reached Irish shores and is killing wild birds in unprecedented numbers.

Apart from the distressing sight of seabirds falling out of the sky or being found dying or dead in increasingly large numbers around the coastline, there is growing concern outbreaks in commercial flocks of captive birds — notably poultry — are about to escalate.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) with a code name HPAIV A (H5N1), has already taken an enormous toll on wildfowl including geese, plus raptors and seabirds, and internationally important gannet populations.

In the past week, HPAI was found in a flock of captive birds in north Dublin, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has reported — the first outbreak in non-wild birds here since December 2021. A second was confirmed in Co Wicklow on Thursday. These were not in poultry flocks, so extra restrictions were not imposed on local poultry owners.

In Northern Ireland, disease-control measures were introduced last weekend at a Co Down wetland reserve after the virus was found in captive birds nearby — a 3km restriction zone is in place around Castle Espie on the banks of Strangford Lough...

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Source: https://donegalnews.com/2022/11/warn...flu-confirmed/

Warning as two cases of bird flu confirmed
Two bird flu cases have been confirmed.
Posted: 12:30 pm November 5, 2022

Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, is to introduce regulations that require all poultry and captive birds to be confined in a secure building.

The regulations come into force on November 7 under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013.

The regulations are being treated as a precautionary measure against avian influenza.

This measure was taken because of confirmation of disease in wild birds along the coast since July.

This includes two wild birds being confirmed with the disease along the Donegal coast.

The bird species were a Northern Gannet and a Guillemot...

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Source: https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news...pulations-cvo/


Bird flu now in Ireland’s indigenous bird populations – CVO
Richard Halleron
December 7, 2022 2:15 pm

Avian influenza virus, otherwise known as bird flu, has now spread to Ireland’s indigenous bird populations, according to the chief veterinary officer with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), Robert Huey.

The DAERA representative spoke at A poultry conference, hosted earlier this week by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU).

He cited the recent death of guillemots on Rathlin Island in Co. Antrim, which had been attributed to bird flu, as a case in point.

This development, according to Huey, means that reservoirs of the virus are now remaining in Ireland throughout the year...