NOAA declares seal die-off as 'unusual mortality event'
The federal government is declaring the deaths of hundreds of seals off the New England coast this summer to be an "unusual mortality event."
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Avian flu, distemper may be to blame for rash of seal deaths
Two common diseases, avian flu and distemper, may be to blame for a rash of seal deaths that caused dozens of them to wash ashore in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts in the biggest die-off of seals since 2011, federal ...
Philippines to cull 200,000 fowl after bird flu outbreak (Update)
The Philippines will cull at least 200,000 birds after confirming its first avian flu outbreak, but no animal-to-human transmission has been reported, officials said Friday.
Culls, poultry transport ban as S. Korea fights bird flu outbreak
South Korea has imposed a temporary nationwide ban on poultry transportation as it struggles to contain an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 virus, which has led to the slaughter of some 190,000 birds.
Bird flu found in chicken flock at northwest Georgia farm
About 18,000 chickens were destroyed at a northwest Georgia poultry farm after tests confirmed avian influenza in the flock, the first time the disease has been detected in commercial birds in the state, authorities said ...
Japan culls 280,000 more birds for avian flu
Japan deployed hundreds of soldiers to help cull more than 280,000 chickens on Friday, officials said as they try to contain further outbreaks of a highly contagious strain of avian flu.
Bird flu confirmed in two poultry flocks in north Alabama
Alabama officials have confirmed bird flu in two poultry flocks, just a week after three commercial breeders had to kill their chickens across the state line in Tennessee.
Third case of bird flu detected in Tennessee
A third commercial poultry breeding operation in Tennessee has tested positive for avian flu.
Bird flu found at Tyson Foods chicken supplier
Tens of thousands of chickens have been destroyed at a Tennessee chicken farm due to a bird flu outbreak, and 30 other farms within a six-mile radius have been quarantined.
Kenya, Rwanda ban poultry from Uganda over bird flu
Kenyan and Rwandan authorities said Wednesday they had banned poultry products from neighbouring Uganda, where a virulent H5 strain of avian flu has broken out.
