An outbreak of avian influenza in Uganda that’s killed migratory birds on the shores of Africa’s biggest lake may spread to other countries in the region.

ROURKELA: Even as broiler poultry birds remain unaffected by the bird flu virus, an abrupt drop in consumption of chicken has been noticed over the last 25 days leaving poultry vendors and farmers

AHMEDABAD: Why did authorities shift H5N1-infected birds from Hathijan, on city outskirts, to densely populated Memnagar, at the centre of the city?

Incidentally, culling of poultry and bird of other exotic species had to be done in Hathijan village of Ahmedabad a few days ago after outbreak of bird flu was confirmed

Ahmedabad: Many restaurants and hotels in the city have stopped serving chicken dishes on their own, to safeguard their custom from bird flu related complications, after the state government issued

A team from Health Ministry set to visit the site today.

BHUBANESWAR: With deaths of birds reported from several places and cases of bird flu confirmed in the state, chicken and egg business has got affected badly in the capital city.

South Korea on Monday mobilized armed forces to play an active part in its biggest-ever poultry cull as the spread of a highly contagious strain bird flu continued, ordering that another 1.6 millio

China has reported two new cases of human bird flu infection, bringing the total this week to three, stoking fears about the spread of the deadly virus at a time when other Asian nations are battli

HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong food safety authority said on Thursday that it has banned the import of poultry meat and products from a prefecture in southwestern Japan following an outbreak of bird fl

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