Avian Flu Diary

Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine.

Monday, February 02, 2026

South Korea: MAFRA Warns on Risks From HPAI, ASF & FMD During Upcoming Lunar New Year

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#19,038 For many Asian cultures it is a long held tradition that people return home to attend a reunion dinner with their families on the ev...

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Nature: An Outbreak of HPAI H5N1 Could Impact the Dairy Cattle Sector and the Broader Economy in the United States

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Credit FAO #19,037 While HPAI H5N1 has yet to escalate into a human pandemic, it is most assuredly an epizootic in the animal world - and ...

Friday, January 30, 2026

Netherlands: Avian Flu Outbreak at a `Mixed Species' Pet Shop in Wadenoijen

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#19,036 While we wait for more details on the ( now 5) dairy cows with antibodies to HPAI H5N1 in the Netherlands , over the past week th...

Netherlands: NOS.NL Reports 5 Dairy Cows Have Now Tested Positive for H5N1

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#19,035 Although I have yet to find any o fficial statemen t posted on a NL government website, NOS ( Nederlandse Omroep Stichting ) - th...

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Taiwan: The Plot Thickens . . .

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#19,034 Yesterday, in quick succession, we learned ( a ) that 235 dead (H5N1 infected) chickens were dumped in a Miaoli County , Taiwan dr...

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Taiwan: Meanwhile, in Taichung . . .

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Miaoli & Taichung #19,033 Even as I was finishing up my last blog (see Taiwan: H5N1 Infected Chicken Dumping Incident Investigated ) f...

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