Avian Flu and Open-Air Factor

Many headlines around the globe report large amounts of poultry farms sacrificing their animals because of avian flu infection. A major concern is the impact on current inflation worries, as chicken meat and eggs which constitute a large percentage of the food basket will see their prices increase given its scarcity.

According to veterinarians and disease experts, avian flu is spreading to new parts of the world and has become a year-round threat for wild birds that infect poultry. The virus is common in the wild, which suggests that record breakouts on chicken farms won’t soon stop, increasing risks to the world’s food supply. Instead of concentrating prevention efforts during the wild bird migration seasons in the spring, farmers must view the disease as a severe issue all year long. Since a strain of the virus that was genetically similar to the one that first appeared in the United States in early 2022 spread unabated throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia

Specialists claim wild birds are mostly to blame for the avian flu spread. Waterfowl, such as ducks, can spread the illness to poultry through contaminated excrement, saliva, and other bodily fluids without actually getting sick. The best efforts of farmers to protect flocks are ineffective. The second-largest egg producer in the US, Rose Acre Farms, lost roughly 1.5 million chickens at a Guthrie County, Iowa, production site last year, despite the fact that everybody entering barns was obliged to take a shower first to get rid of any virus traces. Around 3 million chickens were killed at a business farm in Weld County, Colorado, after it was infected twice in roughly six months. 

Record chicken losses over the past year have occurred in a number of nations, including the United States, Britain, France, and Japan, leaving some farmers feeling helpless. Shigeo Inaba, who farms hens for meat in Ibaraki prefecture close to Tokyo, said, “Avian flu is occurring even in a new poultry farm with advanced technology and no windows, so all we could do now is beseech God to avoid an outbreak.” 

Before, it was thought that the riskiest time for poultry in the Northern Hemisphere was during the spring migration of wild birds. According to specialists, poultry now face year-round significant dangers due to the virus’s soaring prevalence in a wide variety of ducks and other wild birds. Bret Marsh, as a sign that the threat is anticipated to continue,

Several nations, including the United States, Britain, France, and Japan, have seen unprecedented losses of chickens, leaving farmers helpless. “Avian flu is occurring even in a new poultry farm with modern equipment and no windows, so all we could do now is ask God to avoid an outbreak,” said Shigeo Inaba, who raises chickens for meat in Ibaraki prefecture near Tokyo.

According to U.S. government data, more than 58 million birds died in the United States during the course of the last year, breaking the previous record of 2015, which was more than 580.000 turkeys and other birds. 

When even one bird tests positive for the virus, the entire flock is culled because it typically kills poultry. The virus’ threat may be lessened but not entirely eliminated by vaccinations, which also make it more difficult to spot the virus’ presence in a flock. Mexico and the EU are still among the nations that are considering vaccinations. 

Gregorio Torres, chief of the science division at the Paris-based International Organization for Animal Health, claimed that wild birds have disseminated the disease more widely and extensively than ever before, potentially carrying record volumes of the virus. According to him, the virus evolved from earlier outbreaks to a form that is likely more contagious. 

At least temporarily, the sickness is here to stay. The virus that is currently circulating is infecting a wider variety of wild birds than earlier iterations, including ones that do not move significant distances. 

The ongoing global outbreak of H5N1 avian flu traces back to the first detection of the goose Guangdong lineage of the H5 virus in Hong Kong in 1996, disease experts said. 

The risk to humans is low, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization. As a precaution, people are advised not to touch dead or sick wild animals. Globally, 868 human infections with H5N1 avian flu – the type of virus circulating around the globe – were reported from 21 countries from January 2003 to Nov. 25, 2022, according to the WHO. Of these cases, 457 were fatal, about 53%.

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