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  • Some of the largest poultry farms in the UK are having to shut down due to H5N1. I read that it can take up to a year to get the property sanitised and for restocking of hens etc. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdry53eneedo "Bird flu forces culling of one million hens" This is on one farm.

    Also...

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/a...ole-of-england "
    Press release Avian Influenza Prevention Zone declared for whole of England


    Mandatory enhanced biosecurity will now be required and the housing order extended to cover York, North Yorkshire and Shropshire."


    "The only security we have is our ability to adapt."

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    • Ohio leads the nation in recent bird flu cases among commercial poultry operations, with more than 4.1 million chickens and turkeys affected so far this year, 2025. 16 facilities in 2 Counties, Darke and Mercer. Ohio leads nation in bird flu cases among commercial poultry operations


      1/27/25
      Ohio leads nation in bird flu cases among commercial poultry operations

      ​Excerpt:
      In Darke County, there have been nearly 1.5 million cases reported since Jan. 9 involving nearly 700,000 egg-laying chickens, nearly 740,000 pullets — or chickens less than a year — and more than 57,000 turkeys. In December, there were HPAI cases at four facilities in the county involving more than 1.4 million egg layers and more than 48,000 turkeys, according to the USDA.​

      All of the cases in Mercer County have been reported since Jan. 14 and have involved more than 2.9 million layers and more than 26,000 turkeys.

      ...Ohio is the second-largest egg producing state, behind Iowa. In 2023, Ohio produced more than 11 billion eggs. In the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, Ohio had more than 20 million broilers and other meat-type chickens, as well as 38.5 million layers and 11.8 million pullets.​
      ...https://www.daytondailynews.com/loca...B7D4HTEYPC33Y/

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      • [Different figures in this report]

        Nearly 7 million birds destroyed in two counties

        ​January 27, 2025
        Excerpt:

        H5N1 HPAV (High Path Avian Influenza) originally claimed over 1.2 million birds with 1.1 million layers and over 30,000 turkeys affected.

        That number has risen significantly since Jan. 14 when the original story was published. Additional reports were released to the Ohio Department of Agriculture on Jan. 15 that has continued through last Friday (Jan. 24). Another 2.7 million birds in Darke County have been euthanized or are in the process of being euthanized; bringing the total to nearly four million birds destroyed.

        Although layers and turkeys have taken the biggest hit in the county, pullets are beginning to be affected. Overall, the county has lost 3.2 million layers, 63,835 turkeys and 539,171 pullets.

        Mercer County is also being hit hard by H5N1 HPAV. They have seen 10 reports of the avian flu since Jan. 14 that has resulted in the death of over three million birds. Mercer County has 2.9 million layers euthanized and 78,865 turkeys destroyed.

        Between the top two agricultural counties in the state, nearly seven million birds have been destroyed.

        -snip-
        Since the beginning of the year, 22 premises in the state have been affected by avian flu with all of those premises in Darke and Mercer counties. There have been 12 in Darke County and 10 in Mercer County since 2025 began.​

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        • Hogvet51 from Hogvet51’s Livestock Emerging and Zoonotic Disease Forum​

          January 27, 2025
          While Layers are Dying, Are We Going to Feed our Seed Corn?


          Excerpt:
          It all numbs us at some point. Each new outbreak seems a bit less novel; however, the poultry are just as dead, the workers are just as threatened by health and economic losses, and the owners are just as devastated emotionally and financially. I have never seen such an animal health disaster in my lifetime affecting 2 livestock species (so far), domestic pets, captive wildlife, and a huge array of mammalian and avian wildlife.

          What is the problem? Mike Osterholm in his weekly Podcast raises an uncomfortable issue (aerosol-airborne spread) that I’ve raised myself in previous blogs (7/20- H5N1 Aerosol Spread With Respiratory Infection Continues to be Underrated). Michael Coston covers this portion of the Osterholm Podcast well in this post with further commentary: Avian Flu Diary: Osterholm Podcast: The Potential Environmental (Airborne) Spread of H5N1

          hogvet51@substack.com

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          • I've been at this a long time. I just have a bad feeling. My instinct that this is going in the wrong direction....

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            • QuadrupleM
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              Agree. I also have a really bad feeling.

          • I'm here for that nagging bad feeling. Now we have H5N9, just looking to share some genes in California.

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            • Keeping eyes on bird flu outbreak that could quickly escalate

              ​January 28, 2025
              NEW YORK - When bird flu first struck dairy cattle in 2024, it seemed possible that it might affect a few isolated herds and disappear as quickly as it had appeared. Instead, the virus has infected more than 900 herds and dozens of people, killing one, and the outbreak shows no signs of abating...
              -snip-

              The USDA’s program to test bulk milk began in December – nearly a year after the outbreak began – and still does not include Idaho. Engaging outside companies may help the program move faster.

              Ginkgo Bioworks, a company that worked with federal agencies during the COVID pandemic, already works with a partner that assesses roughly half the nation’s commercial milk supply for bacteria, antibiotics and other substances.

              Adding H5N1 to the list would be straightforward, so “why wouldn’t we just add assays into this infrastructure that we already have?” said Mr Matt McKnight, a manager at the company’s biosecurity division...

              Continued: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/u...ickly-escalate

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              • An answer I gave to someone about the absence of human H5N1 cases reported in the US in January 2025. People can disagree with me but it is what I think....


                Today, 02:58 PM

                I do not believe human cases have disappeared.

                1) California gov which was so great in reporting has stopped....imho due to the huge political outrage over the fires.

                2) There is no possible way there are no human cases after a reported 18 million in poultry were affected in January. Very many people must have been exposed in the process of them (the poultry) being sick, and culling.

                No. The human cases did not magically disappear.

                Now all federal employees are afraid for their jobs...maybe (they feel) reporting anything bad is a career killer? What does this remind me of? China. 100%.

                Sad to say.....​
                Last edited by sharon sanders; February 2, 2025, 03:04 PM. Reason: items in parenthesis are clarifications for this post

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                • Originally posted by sharon sanders View Post
                  An answer I gave to someone about the absence of human H5N1 cases reported in the US in January 2025. People can disagree with me but it is what I think....


                  Today, 02:58 PM

                  I do not believe human cases have disappeared.

                  1) California gov which was so great in reporting has stopped....imho due to the huge political outrage over the fires.

                  2) There is no possible way there are no human cases after a reported 18 million in poultry were affected in January. Very many people must have been exposed in the process of them (the poultry) being sick, and culling.

                  No. The human cases did not magically disappear.

                  Now all federal employees are afraid for their jobs...maybe (they feel) reporting anything bad is a career killer? What does this remind me of? China. 100%.

                  Sad to say.....​
                  Links for this post:

                  Palisades fire (one of the numerous fires in LA county) - January 7, 2025 link

                  USDA H5N1 poultry graph for January 2025 link


                  ------------------------------------------------------

                  No state wants to ruin their economy. What is so China-like to me is that the local officials (ALLEGEDLY) are at the root of the denial/no testing situations. IMHO. "Why test people who only have sniffles?", some might say. This has been going on for many months. Why was California so impacted when so many other states were not? California has some of the "best and brightest" ag people in the US. They know what they are doing. So if this happened to them - what about everywhere else? Miracles?

                  I am just going to call it out. We have no ties to any corporation or government. We are Independent Media in the truest sense. We make no $ from this site which is really freeing.

                  People can disagree with me but I call it as I see it. The End.

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                  • also regarding Sharon's post #116, I've done some recent media reports on Seasonal Flu that is shutting down some schools temporary for a few days, and restricting some hospitals to visitors, and accomodation due to the overload seasonal flu of patients. Please go to and click on your State for an updated article: https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/...ndemic-2009-aj

                    As for California - here are a few I found today:

                    Quartet of viruses overwhelm Calif. city EDs
                    ..." An increase in cases involving these viruses — dubbed the “quad-demic” by medical experts — is responsible for the influx of patients in Fresno -area emergency rooms.​"...
                    https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/...78#post1006578
                    and..

                    February 1, 2025
                    Where is flu surging in the US? Some hospitals are overwhelmed in states with high rates


                    ,,, "Also in San Diego, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center has deployed a temporary tent outside their emergency department to triage and treat low-risk patients in response to high volumes of patients with flu symptoms. The hospital is seeing about 15-20 flu patients per day in the tent, which helps open the availability of beds in the ER for other health concerns,​"...
                    https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/...39#post1006539

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                    • February 3, 2025
                      Drugmakers prep for bird flu outbreak, despite continued low risk

                      While the virus hasn’t made a sustained leap into humans, vaccines and treatments are coming through the pipes if it does.

                      An H5N1 outbreak is killing flocks of wild birds in Massachusetts and sickening dairy cows in 16 states while a new strain of H5N9 bird flu has emerged in California. As bird flu continues to spread among animals, experts are on high alert for signs the virus has found the genetic key it needs to unlock a widespread problem for humans.​

                      continued: https://www.pharmavoice.com/news/dru...edium=referral

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                      • February 3, 2025​
                        How Penn is helping with bird flu research and disease surveillance

                        Faculty are working on a new vaccine for the H5N1 virus, studying its transmission, and helping the state test samples from birds and mammals.

                        Continued: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/how...e-surveillance



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                        • February 3, 2025
                          Egg farmers meet on Capitol Hill to push for urgent action on bird flu


                          Grappling with the loss of 117 million egg-laying hens since the current outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) began in 2022, U.S. egg farmers – led by United Egg Producers (UEP), the industry’s policy group – will meet on Capitol Hill this week with House and Senate agriculture leaders, members of Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to urge swift and decisive action on HPAI.

                          The aggressiveness and lethality of HPAI shows no signs of slowing, UEP said in a news release. The egg industry has lost nearly 20 million birds in 2025 alone, severely disrupting the nationwide egg production system and creating impacts for customers and consumers. In the past year, egg farmers have been fighting on dual fronts: the continued spread of HPAI by migratory birds and waterfowl, and a new threat from a particularly virulent strain of HPAI carried in dairy cattle.

                          Continued: https://www.feedstuffs.com/agribusin...on-on-bird-flu

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                          • UTIA Experts Recommend Biosecurity Efforts to Help Stop Spread of Avian Influenza

                            ​Published: Feb. 4, 2025 - University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture

                            Large-scale commercial poultry producers and small backyard flock owners should review their biosecurity practices to help prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) as the current outbreak is persisting across seasons and spilling over into other mammal populations, including humans.

                            “Since vaccination is not currently an option and antibiotics do not work against viruses, biosecurity is the most effective tool in our toolbox,” says Tom Tabler, professor and Extension poultry specialist in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. “However, you must use that tool every day and every time you visit your flock. Having a biosecurity program for your farm that isn’t followed every time is useless and puts your flock at increased risk of avian influenza.”
                            ​-snip-
                            Both Tabler and Hawkins recently were deployed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in California to help eliminate further disease transmission through proper disposal of infected birds, eggs, litter and feed. “The impact in California has been devastating, resulting in the loss of more than 20 million birds since 2022 and coming amid the recent closure of a turkey processing plant in Turlock, California, with 519 employees,” Hawkins says.​
                            -snip-

                            “We are nowhere near out of the woods just yet, and with the start of the 2025 Chick Chain season across Tennessee and much of the rest of the country, and spring waterfowl migration season just around the corner, biosecurity is more critical than ever. Remain vigilant and take all necessary precautions to keep your commercial, backyard and Chick Chain flocks safe,” he emphasizes.

                            Several UT Extension publications are available to help you understand the virus and biosecurity measures needed to protect birds. Visit the UT Extension website for more information or to download publications for free. Here are direct links to these publications:

                            D 236: Biosecurity is critical to prevent avian influenza

                            D 237: Should the U.S. rethink its avian influenza policy?

                            D 207: Keeping poultry safe with biosecurity principles and site-specific plans

                            D 202: Practice backyard poultry biosecurity

                            W 1230 4-H chick chain production and biosecurity tips

                            D 155: Avian Influenza 2022: frequently asked questions

                            D 156: Biosecurity checklist for combatting avian influenza

                            D 157: Biosecurity measures to fight avian influenza threats

                            D 158: Avian influenza: What we learned from 2015

                            Large-scale commercial poultry producers and small backyard flock owners should review their biosecurity practices to help prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) as the current outbreak is persisting across seasons and spilling over into other mammal populations, including humans.

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                            • [bolding is mine]
                              US flu cases are peaking for a second time this season. Now you can test for the virus at home

                              ​February 5, 2025

                              CNN —
                              The United States is seeing a second peak in flu cases this season. After doctor’s office visits for flu dipped early this year, they jumped past the previous season peak at the end of last month, with a 30% test positivity rate — and there are still months to go.

                              The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there have been at least 20 million cases and 11,000 deaths from flu so far this season. Hospitalizations are rising too, with an estimated 38,255 hospitalizations from flu last week alone.
                              ​-snip-
                              But there are some new tools to help this respiratory virus season: over-the-counter tests that can identify whether an illness is Covid-19 or influenza.​
                              -snip-
                              The tests are available for purchase at most pharmacies or online and allow patients to learn what may be making them sick without needing to make an appointment at a clinic or wait in line.
                              -snip-
                              Several companies have received emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration and brought combination tests to market. One test, Healgen, has received authorization for marketing outside of emergency use.

                              Continued: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/healt...sts/index.html

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                              • sharon sanders
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                                This article is talking about SEASONAL flu.
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