Dar lifts import ban on poultry from Belgium
In his final act as Secretary of Agriculture, William Dar on Thursday lifted the import ban on poultry products from ...
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China detects first human case of H3N8 bird flu
China has confirmed the first known human case of the H3N8 strain of avian flu, but health authorities say there ...
Read moreStricter control measures versus bird flu up—DA
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered stricter control and containment measures against bird flu after initial confirmation of the ...
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India probes first human bird flu death
India is investigating its first documented human death from bird flu after an 11-year-old boy succumbed to the disease earlier ...
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In Iraq, a new epidemic–bird flu–decimates chicken coops
An outbreak of bird flu has killed tens of thousands of hens in a rural province north of Iraq's capital, ...
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France plans mass duck slaughter as bird flu hits foie gras
Paris"•French producers of foie gras called Thursday for a mass preventive cull of ducks to try to halt the spread ...
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PH bans Aussie poultry products on bird flu outbreak
The Department of Agriculture said it banned the entry of poultry products from Australia following reports of an outbreak of ...
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Bird-flu hit Pampanga gets P7.7-m China aid
CHINESE Ambassador to Manila Zhao Jianhua handed over P7.7 million (or RMB 1 million) to the provincial government of Pampanga ...
Read moreDuterte goes to Pampanga to eat chicken
President Rodrigo Duterte goes to Pampanga on Monday. He made the visit amid the bird flu outbreak in San Luis, ...
Read moreBird flu over soon – Ecija
CABANATUAN CITY"•Nueva Ecija Gov. Czarina Umali said Sunday the Influenza virus that hit the province would be over soon. Thirty-four ...
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