In late May, a story started to gain traction about a Canadian ostrich farm and a culling order due to H5N1 in the flock. Universal Ostrich Farms had been ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to cull its 400+ ostriches after detecting H5N1 in December 2024. The farm owners challenged the culling order in […]
Last week, we discussed the first H5N1 human case in Mexico. (See Mexico Reports First Human H5N1 Case). This case was in a three year old girl, hospitalized in serious condition. The situation evolved quickly and unfortunately the child died from respiratory complications in the hospital. (See Fatal H5N1 Cases in Children and Risks to
In recent bird flu news, we have a report of a new H5N9 virus detected in a commercial duck farm in Merced County, California. At this time we do not have many details about this outbreak or the new bird flu strain. However, the epidemiological summary on the WAHIS dashboard does provide the following information:
“The Illinois Department of Natural Resources would like to remind the public to report any large mortality events of waterfowl and other waterbirds during seasonal migrations.” So began a news release issued on December 11, 2024, which reported that “dozens of waterbirds, mostly snow geese, were recently found dead at Baldwin Lake State Fish and
