Namibia's Karasburg outbreak has reached 18 farms and compulsory vaccination has begun. Recovery of disease-free status depends on the control strategy and evidence, not a universal six-month clock.
H5N5 on the Isle of Lewis ended Great Britain's self-declared bird-flu freedom. USDA also confirmed H5 in two Washington dairy herds, the state's first livestock detections.
Another 79 positive samples were reported across 11 farms in ||Kharas on 2 October. Cases remain confined to the region, but the widening outbreak complicates export recovery.
Another 79 positive samples were reported across 11 farms in ||Kharas on 2 October. Cases remain confined to the region, but the widening outbreak complicates export recovery.
An outbreak inside Namibia's recognised disease-free zone has halted livestock movements and exports. A 26 September update counted 17 positive samples, all so far in Karasburg district.
The autumn bird flu season has started in the US turkey belt. Since 1 September, APHIS has recorded seven H5N1 detections in commercial poultry across North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Idaho, the largest a turkey operation in McPherson…
Uruguay's Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries declared a nationwide sanitary emergency on 4 September after confirming H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza in backyard poultry in Colonia department, in the country's southwest (MGAP…
The Swine Health Information Center and University of Minnesota's Global Swine Disease Monitoring Report for September, covering 30 July to 26 August, recorded 154 ASF outbreaks in domestic pigs reported to EU ADIS across nine European countries —…
USDA reopened the Douglas, Arizona port to cattle imports from Mexico on 24 August, guided by a science-based import protocol jointly agreed between the two countries (USDA APHIS, Screwworm.gov, 24 August 2026). This marks the first port in what…
The Finnish Food Authority detected African swine fever by PCR in the remains of three wild boar piglets at Vaalimaa in the municipality of Virolahti, near the Russian border, with confirmation on 31 July 2026 — the first detection in Finland's…
Finland has been preparing for African swine fever for a decade. It arrived on 30 July. The Finnish Food Authority detected the ASF virus genome by PCR in the remains of three wild boar piglets found dead at Vaalimaa in the municipality of…
The Philippines has suspended live animal and fresh meat imports from seven Middle Eastern and European economies after FAO notification of foot and mouth serotype SAT1, turning an African origin serotype's spread into country level market closure by an Asian importer.