Poultry industry on alert as bird flu spreads in Europe and Asia – Digital Journal

Probable avian influenza with H9N2 type (outbreak of january-february 2016, Morocco) : terminal dyspnea in a 8-days-old chick. Source – Lucyin, CC SA 4.0. Several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Europe and Asia have been reported in recent days to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), in a sign the virus is spreading quickly again. The highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has put the poultry industry on alert, seeing as previous outbreaks have led to the culling of tens of millions of birds. Outbreaks could also lead to trade restrictions. The bird flu outbreaks have…