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Tim van Oijen

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Multispecies HPAI spillovers led to the death of one-in-three breeding gannets 😱 This virus has been so DEVASTATING to wildlife. The title of this paper says it all. 👉researchsquare.com/article/r…
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Analysis of trade routes, bird migration, HPAI outbreaks: both the poultry sector and wild bird migrations significantly contribute to global H5N1 transmission 👉agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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"volunteers in north-west Indiana have attempted to help stop the spread... individuals gathered as many crane carcasses..." Likely that the massive die-offs of Sandhill Cranes in Indiana had the same #H5N1 D1.3 as the cranes in McHenry Co Illinois birdguides.com/news/bird-flu…
Bird flu kills thousands of Sandhill Cranes in Indiana

Bird flu kills thousands of Sandhill Cranes in Indiana

Bird flu has caused the death of some 1,500 Sandhill Cranes in Indiana. In January and February, biologists with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources counted hundreds of dead cranes across the...

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"...more than 2,700 sandhills have died across the state... 30 of Indiana’s 92 counties... Lake and Porter counties, those closest to Chicago..." Number of dead sandhillcranes in Indiana continues to increase Likely #H5N1 D1.3 genotype wbez.org/parks-nature/2025/0…
Bird flu is killing Indiana’s sandhill cranes

Bird flu is killing Indiana’s sandhill cranes

An official with the Department of Natural Resources says this is the first time the virus has felled the majestic birds.

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[H5N1] Bird flu virus is rapidly evolving to evade immune defenses earth.com/news/bird-flu-viru…… #ClimateCrisis #ZoonoticDisease #Wildlife #H5N1 #H5N2 #BirdFlu #AvianFlu #Mutation #Evolution #Birds #Mammals #Meat #Dairy #US #Colorado #California #Texas #Humans #GoVegan #Worldwide

Bird flu virus is rapidly evolving to evade immune defenses

The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

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[H5N1] We’ve entered a forever war with bird flu theverge.com/science/632605/… #ClimateCrisis #ZoonoticDisease #Wildlife #H5N1 #H5N2 #BirdFlu #AvianFlu #Mutation #Evolution #Birds #Mammals #Meat #Dairy #US #Colorado #California #Texas #Humans #GoVegan #Worldwide
We’ve entered a forever war with bird flu

We’ve entered a forever war with bird flu

The threat of an H5N1 pandemic is here to stay.

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@KDKA15 Feb 2025
Ohio's health department confirmed Saturday that a farmer in the state was discharged from the hospital after being sickened by bird flu, marking the fourth American to have been hospitalized with the H5N1 virus. cbsloc.al/431jWcX
U.S. bird flu hospitalizations rise to 4 after Ohio discloses case

U.S. bird flu hospitalizations rise to 4 after Ohio discloses case

The bird flu case had respiratory symptoms and has since been released from the hospital.

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Really weird: another introduction of H5 into cattle. Really important to find out how this is happening
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@HelenBranswell15 Feb 2025
.@USDA has confirmed that the discovery of #H5N1 #birdflu in Arizona — found through bulk milk testing — does indeed represent a new spillover from wild birds into cows. This is the third time this has been observed to have happened. aphis.usda.gov/news/program-…
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Andrew Breed@Andrew_Breed31 Jan 2025
High pathogenicity avian influenza can be devastating to wildlife. We summarised the spread and impact of HPAI in wildlife in South America and describe the potential spread and impact in Antarctica. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/vi… with @DuckSwabber @DrMeaganDewar and others
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@latimes5 Feb 2025
A version of the H5N1 virus that has killed one person and severely sickened another has been detected in milk samples collected from Nevada dairy herds. latimes.com/environment/stor…

Deadly version of H5N1 bird flu spills over into Nevada dairy cattle

A version of the H5N1 virus that has killed one person and severely sickened another has been detected in milk samples collected from Nevada dairy herds.

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@CBSNews6 Feb 2025
At least four cattle herds in Nevada have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu never before seen in cows, state agriculture officials confirmed Wednesday. cbsn.ws/42Juhdn
Cows infected by lethal bird flu strain never before seen in the animal showing respiratory...

Cows infected by lethal bird flu strain never before seen in the animal showing respiratory...

The strain, called D1.1, was behind a human death from bird flu last year.

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FAO - New guidelines for surveillance of #H5N1 in cattle - December 22, 2024 “Considering the worldwide spread of..#H5N1 of clade 2.3.4.4b..spillover from birds to cattle (& likely from cattle to humans) in other countries is expected,” flutrackers.com/forum/forum/… h/t Commonground

FAO publishes new guidelines for surveillance of H5N1 influenza in...

December 22, 2024 It offers advice on how to optimize monitoring and risk mitigation as infections of pathogenic H5N1 strain spread 23/12/2024 Rome – Amid a wave of reported avian influenza...

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H5N1 sickens Iowa poultry worker, virus strikes more cats, wild birds, and poultry cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influen…

H5N1 sickens Iowa poultry worker; virus strikes more cats, wild birds, and poultry

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Mortality of Elephant Seals, pengiuns, and albatross in the Kerguelen and Crozet archipelago confirmed as HPAI. This constitutes a substantial range expansion for the virus. Looking forward to seeing the genome sequences. 👉scar.org/library-data/avian-…
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Replying to @SteelySeabirder
Poyang Lake , Jiangxi China 🇨🇳 , Thursday 12th Dec 2024
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Deze schoonheid is nú te zien langs de kust van de Noordzee: de roodkeelduiker. 🤩 Duizenden van deze intrigerende vogels verblijven er, dus grijp je kans: vogelbescherming.nl/actueel/… 📸 Jelle de Jong
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Met Vogels en de wet wil Vogelbescherming NL @vogelnieuws zeker niet iedereen aanmoedigen om gerechtelijke procedures te starten. “Het boek is vooral ook bedoeld om mensen te leren hoe ze zaken kunnen voorkómen..." #vogels #natuurbeheer #naturbeleid trouw.nl/.../vogels-in-neder…
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Director General, Dr Emmanuelle Soubeyran (@WOAH_DG ) reiterates the importance of enhanced surveillance, reporting, and working together to better fight the threat of #AvianInfluenza. Read our recommendations: woah.org/en/disease/avian-in… #birdflu
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NEW Decline of European bird populations continues especially birds of farmland. Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) present updated wild bird indices 1980–2023. Data = 168 bird species from 30 countries⬇️ @RSPBScience @BirdLifeEurope pecbms.info/ 📉🐦
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