The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird flu.

Dead cows infected with bird flu must be separated from their herds, which the video showed, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) said in emailed responses. The cows must be stored on private property before being transported for “disposal” and should not be buried underground, the email said.

The UK government said on Tuesday it has confirmed a strain of the H5N5 bird flu virus in commercial poultry at a premises near Hornsea in Yorkshire. All poultry on the infected premises will be humanely culled and a three kilometer protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone has been put in place surrounding the premises,

A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in commercial poultry at a farm in East Riding of Yorkshire. The virus, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), was discovered near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire,

Turkey has reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 strain of avian influenza on a poultry farm for the first time in over a year, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday.

The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird flu.

In many ways, the initial reports of this case are – against the backdrop of a continuing viral outbreak that has devastated seabird colonies around the world, caused huge die-offs of sea lions and led to the emergence of an entirely new disease of US dairy cattle – pretty innocuous.