Thursday, August 06, 2026

Australia: H5 Positive Bird Count Rises (n=123) - Victoria Reports 1st Land bird Infection & Investigating Dead Seal

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  #19,280 While not unexpected, overnight CSIRO has reported the first Australian land bird - a Magpie from Victoria - has been confirmed in...

Update: FLI Detects Novel Orthobunyavirus in German/Swiss Dairy Cattle

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Biting Midge after blood meal  #19,279 Four days ago we looked at a statement from the Swiss FSVO ( Federal Office for Food Safety and Vete...
Wednesday, August 05, 2026

EM&I: Genetic evolution, phylodynamics, geographic spread of H9N2 avian influenza viruses in China from 2014 to 2025: an increasing potential zoonotic risk

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    Geographic distribution of of 1,583 H9N2 AIVs in China in 2014‒2025. #19,278 Although pandemics are often known for their abrupt appear...
Tuesday, August 04, 2026

Australia: H5N1 Positive Bird Detections (n=102) Continue to Rise

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  #19,277 The number of confirmed H5N1 detections in wild birds in Australia has more than quintupled in a little over a week, rising from ...

Mainland China, Taiwan & Hong Kong All Reporting Summer Surge of COVID

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  Credit China CDC   (translated by google) #19,276 While we've enjoyed a prolonged lull in COVID activity here in the United States, th...
Monday, August 03, 2026

Australia Confirms First Mass Mortality Event (Birds) on Baudin Rocks Island

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Video :  @abcnewsaustralia   #19,275 While there was little doubt of the outcome, for the past 2 days we've been waiting for test result...