April 5, 2013

AWIC's Avian Infuenza News Feed Has Moved

AWIC's Avian Infuenza News Feed Has Moved


The new weblog page is http://awic.nal.usda.gov/news-and-events/news/avian-influenza-weblog


The new feed link to subscribe to the AWIC's Avian Infuenza News Feed is http://awic.nal.usda.gov/taxonomy/term/195/feed

Posted by sball at 10:51 AM

April 1, 2013

H5N1 Avian Flu (H5N1 Bird Flu)

http://www.flu.gov/about_the_flu/h5n1/index.html

Posted by sball at 7:09 AM

March 27, 2013

Cleverly Designed Vaccine Blocks H5 Avian Influenza in Animal Models

ScienceDaily.com - A new vaccine has proven highly effective against the avian influenza virus when tested in both mice and ferrets. The research is published online ahead of print in the Journal of Virology. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130325125649.htm

Posted by sball at 1:05 PM

February 12, 2013

WHO - Avian influenza

Avian influenza (“bird flu”) is an infectious disease of birds caused by type A strains of the influenza virus. The infection can cause a wide spectrum of symptoms in birds, ranging from mild illness, which may pass unnoticed, to a rapidly fatal disease that can cause severe epidemics. http://www.who.int/topics/avian_influenza/en/

Posted by sball at 1:02 PM

Cornell Lab of Ornithology Avian Influenza Information

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdflu

Posted by sball at 1:00 PM

Avian Influenza

Information on the disease from the United States Department of Agriculture. www.usda.gov/birdflu

Posted by sball at 12:49 PM