avian influenza

APHIS works with its federal state local and industry partners to quickly mobilize a response to any HPAI findings. Use the local authority postcode tool on mygovscot for details of how to contact your local authority with any reports of non-compliance.

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Avian influenza normally spreads in birds but can also infect humans.

. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza HPAI is a serious disease and requires rapid response because it is highly contagious and often fatal to chickens. While recently-identified avian influenza viruses do not currently transmit easily from person to person the ongoing circulation of these viruses in poultry is. Avian influenza controls including the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone AIPZ are enforced by Trading Standards or the Environmental Health Service of a local authority.

Birds are the hosts for most avian influenza viruses and a variety of influenza subtypes can be found in birds. Human infections with an Asian lineage avian influenza AH7N9 virus Asian H7N9 were first reported in China in March 2013. Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused by the influenza A virus.

Annual epidemics of sporadic human infections with Asian H7N9 viruses in China have been reported since that time. Outbreaks of some avian influenza A viruses in poultry have been associated with illness and death in people in Asia Africa Europe the Pacific and the Near East. Bird keepers - what you should do.

Around the world and in North America avian influenza A outbreaks occur in poultry from time to time. Human infections are primarily acquired through direct contact with infected poultry or contaminated environments.

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