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Last week's two outbreaks of avian influenza in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and the outbreak among laying hens in Schleswig-Holstein at the…

In 2017, a Miami–Berlin flight took an unexpected turn when passengers spotted a rat on board. After landing, the rat was captured and handed over to…

As part of its small mammal collection, the rodent-borne pathogens network at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute has obtained over 10,000 tail samples…

Since mid-February, reports of outbreaks in domestic poultry and cases in wild birds have fallen sharply worldwide, although they have not yet stopped…

A recently published study shows that the Nile fruit bat influenza A virus subtype H9N2 replicates well in ferrets and is well transmitted between…

A person who had direct contact with dairy cows infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 (HPAIV H5N1, avian influenza) has also been found…

On the 31^st of December, the Antarctic Wildlife Health Network (AWHN) reported the first suspected case of avian influenza in Antarctica, shortly…

The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut still sees no easing of the avian influenza situation. In 2023, there were a total of 65 outbreaks in poultry farms, 9…

The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI) has lowered its current assessment of the spread of the disease and its introduction into poultry farms to…