Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) continues to affect the wildlife on the sub-antarctic islands of South Georgia. The latest results from samples taken from the islands reveal that the ...

High pathogenicity avian influenza, or HPAI ... It was detected in October 2023 in South Georgia, which lies south-east of South America, arrived in Antarctica in February 2024, and the first ...

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The department of forestry, fisheries and environment has confirmed the presence of the high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI ... and marine mammals in South Georgia, southeast of South ...

But this avian flu virus — with the mundane-sounding ... Towards the end of 2023 H5N1 was found on the subantarctic islands of South Georgia, South Sandwich and also the Falklands after jumping ...

"Should AI (avian influenza) ravage through the poultry ... was detected in seabirds and marine mammals in South Georgia, southeast of South America, in October 2023. “It reached the Antarctic ...

After Poland, Finland, and Denmark rejected proposals to import eggs to the United States, South Korea and Turkey ... concerns about the spread of the bird flu. “We are talking in the hundreds ...

For the first time in history, bird flu has been confirmed in the gentoo and king penguin colonies on the renowned wildlife haven, South Georgia. Dr Norman Ratcliffe, a seabird ecologist at the ...

Since then, we’ve seen commercial and backyard flocks infected – causing millions of birds to die. Experts say thankfully, ...

In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading across ... The panzootic had begun. As birds migrate south for the winter, they bring H5N1 to poultry farms. Most infected chickens ...