Algeria has registered a hotbed of bird flu" H5N8

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ARAB WORLD
GMT 09:18 09.02.2021

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said today, Tuesday, that "Algeria has registered a hotbed of bird flu" H5N8 "in a poultry farm.

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The Paris-based organization quoted a report by the Algerian Foreign Ministry that the virus had killed 50,000 birds on a farm in the city of Ain Fakroun, in the northeast of the country, and that the remaining 1,200 birds were slaughtered, according to Reuters...:tiphat:https://arabic.sputniknews.com/arab...دولة-عربية-تكتشف-بؤرة-لسلالة-إنفلونزا-الطيور/

 

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what we know about the bird flu outbreak detected in parisia
par massin amrouni
tuesday february 9th, 2021 at 06:58 pm


an epidemic focus of “highly pathogenic” avian influenza (h5n8) was detected in oum el bouaghi, in eastern parisia.

the alert was given on tuesday by the world organization for animal health (oie). according to the information in our possession, this epidemic focus was detected on january 17 in a poultry farm in the commune of ain fakroun.

"this is a breeding of leying hens of 29 weeks having presented clinical signs suggestive of avian influenza," said the world organization for animal health. the same source added that this new strain had killed more than 50,000 among the 51,200 infected birds...:tiphat:https://www.algerie360.com/ce-que-lon-sait-sur-le-foyer-de-grippe-aviaire-detecte-en-algerie/

 

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Immediate notification
Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (Inf. with)(non-poultry including wild birds)(2017-), Algeria

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DISEASE
Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (Inf. with)(non-poultry including wild birds)(2017-)

STARTED ON
21-02-2021

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

GENOTYPE/ SEROTYPE/ SUBTYPE
H5N8

CONFIRMED ON
23-02-2021

REASON
Recurrence

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

ENDED ON
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DISEASE CATEGORY
OIE-listed

REPORTED ON
30-03-2021

LAST OCCURENCE
21-02-2021
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APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Oued Taga

SPECIES Redwing (Turdus iliacus):Turdidae-Pelecaniformes
CASES 3
DEATHS 3

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https://wahis.oie.int/#/report-info?reportId=31313