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Nepal culls nearly 570,000 birds as H5N1 outbreak spreads to 11 districts and more than 100 farms
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Authorities have also destroyed 989,000 eggs and closed the country's only zoo in Kathmandu after the virus was detected in a dead crow found on the premises.
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Hundreds of poultry birds in France killed by extreme heat
Monday, June 29, 2026
Extreme heat in France has killed hundreds of thousands of poultry, overwhelming carcass collection services and prompting authorities to consider on-farm burial in the two biggest poultry-producing regions, agricultural organisations said.
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South Gyeongsang, South Korea, to launch prevention-focused disease control system over next three years
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, will launch a prevention-focused, year-round disease control system over the next three years to respond proactively to the constant risk of livestock infectious diseases.
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Ingham locks down chicken farms in Western Australia following bird flu cases
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Poultry giant Ingham's locked down chicken farms in Western Australia after at least two cases of H5N1 bird flu were confirmed on the state's remote south coast and authorities raced to work out whether the virus is spreading nationwide through vulnerable wildlife.
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Australia detects first H5 bird flu case, completing global spread of strain
Monday, June 22, 2026
No mass mortalities or poultry infections have been confirmed yet, but the detection marks Australia's emergence as the last continent to record the highly pathogenic strain.
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Vietnam culls over 1,100 ducks after bird flu outbreak in Ninh Binh province
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Local authorities have launched emergency vaccination and stepped up surveillance following confirmation of avian influenza in Lai Thanh commune.
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H9 bird flu unlikely to cause major outbreak in Hong Kong, China, official says
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
The controller of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) in Hong Kong, China, Edwin Tsui, said the H9 bird flu virus is unlikely to cause a major outbreak in Hong Kong.
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South Korea to import Brazilian eggs as HPAI-driven price surge persists
Monday, June 8, 2026
Egg prices remain 16% above year-earlier levels despite ongoing imports, prompting Seoul to broaden its sourcing base and extend consumer discount support.
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Dien Bien, Vietnam, culls 5,000 poultry following bird flu outbreaks
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Authorities in Dien Bien province, Vietnam, have culled approximately 5,000 poultry after two outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 were confirmed in Thanh Yen Commune during May.
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Four bird flu cases on commerical poultry operations in Indiana and Minnesota, US, last week
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
The latest updates from the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) show four avian flu detections in the past week on commercial poultry operations in Indiana and Minnesota, CIDRAP reported on May 22.
