France Fresh bird flu cases emerge in France Thousands of farm birds have been put to the slaughter to combat the spread of avian influenza in France's foie gras heartland. 02/12/2016
France France confirms second case of bird flu in a week France has confirmed its second case of bird flu in less than a week. 02/12/2016
France Bird flu returns to Europe as France becomes the latest country to find H5N8 avian influenza in wild ducks Cases of H5N8 bird flu have been detected in wild ducks in Northern France amid a recent outbreak of the disease in Europe. 28/11/2016
Germany Germany to cull thousands of poultry after bird flu outbreak Authorities in Germany have decided to kill 92,000 poultry after a series of high risk H5N8 bird flu cases have been confirmed across the country. 25/11/2016
world news Risk of bird flu rockets in parts of Europe France has raised the level of alert about an outbreak of the disease from "negligeable" to "heightened" in some regions. 17/11/2016
world news Fears of bird flu after several outbreaks hit farms in Europe Several countries in Europe have reported outbreaks of the highly contagious bird flu strain H5N8. 11/11/2016
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast uncovers new bird flu case Ivory Coast said on Friday that H5N1 bird flu had spread to a third location in the country, in the latest in a series of outbreaks in West 15/08/2015
Bulgaria Bird flu alert in Bulgaria after virus found in dead pelicans [Watch] Authorities in Bulgaria are dealing with a bird flu alert. They have discovered the H5N1 strain of the virus in two dead pelicans in a 27/03/2015
Netherlands 30,000 chickens culled in bird flu outbreak, Dutch government confirms Thirty-thousand chickens have been destroyed in the Netherlands after bird flu was found at a free-range farm in eastern town of Barneveld. The 12/03/2015
Netherlands Fourth case of bird flu discovered in Holland Officials in the Netherlands said on Sunday that another case of bird flu has been found on a poultry farm, the fourth in recent weeks. The 30/11/2014
Netherlands Poultry cull continues in Netherlands as third case of avian flu found Another 10,000 chickens are to be slaughtered in the Netherlands, where a third case of avian flu has been found on a farm. It brings to more than 21/11/2014
Netherlands Second case of bird flu confirmed in The Netherlands Dutch authorities have confirmed a case of bird flu, the second in the country this week. In the latest case officials say all 43,000 chickens at a 20/11/2014
United Kingdom British bird flu confirmed as H5N8 British health officials have begun killing 6,000 ducks at a breeding farm in East Yorkshire after an outbreak of bird flu. The strain of the virus 18/11/2014
world news EU adopts bird flu outbreak measures The European Commission has adopted new protective measures in order to contain an outbreak of bird flu on Dutch and British farms. The measures 18/11/2014
China H7N9 bird flu strain kills 56-year-old man in eastern China Chinese state agency Xinhua News Agency reported that another person has died after contracting the H7N9 bird flu. The man, aged 56, died on Friday 10/02/2014
world news Scientists mutate new strain of bird flu to prevent pandemic Analysis of the new avian influenza A (H7N9) discovered in China earlier this year suggests that the virus was probably transmitted from human to 08/08/2013
