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  AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI)

This page provides sources of information on the effects of AI on trade. Provided are links to related documents such as regulations, reports, and press briefings, as well as main AI pages for various government and organization sites. This page will be updated as information becomes available.

   
AI Surveillance FAQ's Press Releases
Announcements FAS Overseas Attache Reports Q&A's
Briefings Federal Register Notices Reference Documents
Fact Sheets    
     
   
     
 
 
AI Surveillance
Date
AI Bulletins
(FAO)
AI (H5N1) Outbreaks Timeline
(FAO)
Major Flyways of Migratory Birds
- FAO
- USGS
Disease Outbreaks
(WHO)
daily
Situation Updates
(WHO)
daily
  AI Incidence
  AI (H5N1) Outbreaks Timeline
(FAO)
  Countries with AI
(USDA/APHIS/VS/National Center for Import and Export)
  Disease Outbreaks
(WHO)
  Situation Updates
(WHO)
  
  Maps:
Biweekly AI Maps
(FAO)
Maps Monitoring Occurrences of Influenza
(EISS - European Influenza Surveillance Scheme)
Disease Outbreaks
(OIE)
      
 
  U.S. Monitoring and Surveillance
  Avianflu.gov
  Low Path H5N1 Detection List
(Dept. of Interior and USDA)
  USGS - Department of the Interior/U.S. Geological Survey
- species and sampling locations (USGS/Alaska Science Center) 
  Impact Worksheets
(USDA/APHIS/VS/Center for Emerging issues)
  Wild Bird Plan: An Early Detection System for Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza in Wild Migratory Birds
(U.S. interagency strategic plan)
   
 
  
 

 

 

 
 
   
      
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Fact Sheets/FAQ's/Q&A's
Date
  Fact Sheet:  AVIAN INFLUENZA: Low-Pathogenicity H5N1 vs. High-Pathogenicity H5N1 1 7/23/2007
(updated)
  Fact Sheet:  Screening for Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza in Migratory Birds  - "An Early Detection System for H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Migratory Birds -- U.S. Interagency Strategic Plan" 8/2006
  Fact Sheet:  AVIAN INFLUENZA: Low-Pathogenicity H5N1 vs. High-Pathogenicity H5N1 1 6/28/2006
  Fact Sheet:  Avian Influenza Testing and Diagnostics  1 6/28/2006
  Fact Sheet:  USDA's Role in National Implementation Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza 5/3/2006
Fact Sheet:  Screening for Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza in Migratory Birds - "An Early Detection System for H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Migratory Birds -- U.S. Interagency Strategic Plan" 3/2006
Fact Sheet:  United States Prepares for Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza in Wild Birds 3/2006
Fact Sheet:  Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus
(CDC)
11/25/2005
Fact Sheet: Avian Influenza
(USDA/APHIS)
11/2005
Fact Sheet: Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and the Significance of Its Transmission to Humans
(WHO)
12/15/2004
FAQ:  Avian Influenza (H5N1)
(EISS)
11/21/2005
FAQ:  Avian Influenza
(WHO)
11/03/2005
Q&A:  Avian Influenza
(FAO)
11/2005
Q&A:  Avian Influenza
(USDA)
3/14/2007
(updated)
    

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Federal Register Notices
Date
Notice of Availability of Assessments of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 Status of Denmark and France
(USDA/APHIS)
3/27/2008
Add Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine to List of Regions in Which Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 is Considered To Exist (Final Rule)
(USDA/APHIS)
5/18/2006
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; Additional Restrictions
(USDA/APHIS)
7/20/2005
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; Additional Restrictions
(USDA/APHIS)
6/23/2005
Addition of Malaysia to List of Regions in Which Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 Is Considered to Exist
(USDA/APHIS)
6/10/2005
Declaration of Extraordinary Emergency Because of Avian Influenza in Texas
(USDA/APHIS)
3/02/2004
    

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Press Releases/Announcements w/ Related Documents
Date
  APHIS Permits Entry of Hunted Wild Birds and Details Restrictions On Poultry Products from the Saskatchewan Province in Canada 10/2/2007
  Statement by Dr. John Clifford on Confirmatory Avian Influenza Tests From Turkey Samples in Virginia 07/17/2007
  Statement By Dr. John Clifford On Avian Influenza Detection In Virginia 07/11/2007
  Statement by Dr. John Clifford on H5N2 Detection in West Virginia 04/01/2007
  Johanns Signs Framework Agreement with United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization Director General Diouf:  Johanns' One Year Report on Avian Influenza Actions 
-- Framework Agreement
03/15/2006


03/15/2006
  Joint USDA and DOI News Release: Confirmatory Avian Influenza Tests Complete on Ohio Duck Samples - New Public Notification Protocol Announced 10/26/2006
  Wild Bird Samples From Michigan Undergo Additional Avian Influenza Testing 10/20/2006
  Joint DOI And USDA News Release: Avian Influenza Tests Complete On Wild Green-winged Teals In Illinois 10/17/2006
  Ohio Wild Bird Samples Undergo Additional Avian Influenza Testing 10/14/2006
  Avian Influenza Tests Complete On Wild Northern Pintail Ducks In Montana - October 7 ,2006 10/07/2006
  Illinois Wild Bird Samples Undergo Additional Avian Influenza Testing 9/29/2006
  Joint USDA And DOI News Release: Avian Influenza Tests Complete On Wild Mallard Ducks In Pennsylvania 9/23/2006
  Joint USDA and DOI Release: Montana Wild Bird Samples Undergo Additional Avian Influenza Testing 9/21/2006
  Statement By Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Regarding the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza  
- Glo
bal AI Crisis Management Center to Launch Soon
(USDA Radio News:  real, mp3, wave)
9/20/2006

9/20/2006
  Avian Influenza Tests Complete On Maryland Resident Wild Mallard Ducks  9/12/2006
  USDA and DOI Joint Release: Confirmatory Tests Being Conducted On Pennsylvania Wild Bird Samples 9/2/2006
  Confirmatory Tests Being Conducted on Maryland Wild Bird Fecal Samples 9/1/2006
  DOI, USDA, State Partners Test More Than 13,000 Wild Migratory Birds in Alaska:  No Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Detected 8/19/2006
  Avian Influenza Test Complete on Michigan Mute Swans 8/14/2006
  Confirmatory Tests Being Conducted on Michigan Wild Bird
Samples
press briefing: transcript | webcast video
8/14/2006

8/14/2006
  USDA, DOI and State Partners Begin Monitoring Wild Migratory Birds in Lower 48 for Avian Influenza 8/9/2006
  USDA and FAO Launch Animal Disease Crisis Management
Center
7/14/2006
  USDA Opening Offices in Countries Affected by Bird Flu 1 6/30/2006
  USDA Releases 180-Day Report on Avian Influenza Efforts and Supplemental Spending 1
 - Report 1
6/29/2006
  USDA Trains Foreign Scientists on Avian Influenza Testing 6/19/2006
  USDA, DOI and HHS Expand Screening for Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza in Migratory Birds - USDA, DOI and HHS Spotlight Interagency Readiness Plans
press briefing:
transcript | webcast video
3/20/2006
  USDA Bans Some French Poultry Due to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza 2/27/2006
 

USDA Experts Part of U.S. Avian Influenza Team to Turkey

1/13/2006
 

Statement by Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford, Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, Regarding Avian Influenza in Canada

11/28/2005
 

Johanns Announces Request for Additional Funding for USDA
Safeguarding Efforts and Response to Avian Influenza

11/01/2005
 

USDA Efforts and Response to Avian Influenza in the U.S.

10/26/2005
  
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Reports/Reference Documents
Date
  How Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) Has Affected World Poultry-Meat Trade
(USDA/ERS)
10/2007
  Pandemic Planning Report - 180-day Report on AI Efforts 1 6/29/2006
  Economic Effects of Animal Diseases Linked to Trade Dependency 4/2006
Brochure: Avian Influenza: USDA Efforts and Response
(USDA)
1/2006
Information Resources (AWIC Resource Series No. 33)
(USDA/National Agricultural Library/Animal Welfare Information Center)
10/2005
Prevalence and Seasonality Among Various Bird Groups
(U.S. Geological Survey/National Wildlife Health Center)
8/30/2005
World Bank Official Warns on Bird Flu Impact on Poorer Nations
(U.S. State Department/International Information Programs)
12/05/2005
Links Between Human and Animal
(EU)
 
  
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Briefings
Transcript Audio Video
       
2007 March 14      

2006 March 20    
  June 5      
  August 14    

2005 October 26    
  
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FAS Overseas Attache Reports
 
Date Country Title
03/24/08 Philippines Philippines Lifts Ban on Poultry from Virginia
03/20/08 Mexico Poultry Semi-Annual Report
03/17/08 Russia Poultry Semi-Annual Report
03/12/2008 EU Poultry Semi-Annual Report
03/06/08 Pakistan Third Avian Influenza Outbreak in Karachi
03/06/08 China

Poultry Semi-Annual Report

03/05/08 Brazil Poultry Semi-Annual Report
02/25/08 Pakistan Pakistan Confirms H5N1 in Mansehra and Abbottabad
02/08/08 Poland EU Lifts AI-based Trade Restrictions
02/07/08 Pakistan Avian Influenza Outbreak in Karachi
01/30/08 Ukraine Avian Influenza Case Registered on a Poultry Farm in Southern Ukraine
01/25/08 Philippines Philippine DA Lifts Ban on Poultry from Nebraska
01/16/08 UK H5N1 Confirmed Again in Wild Birds in the UK  

11/22/07 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Ministry of Agricultural Announces AI Outbreak in Commercial Farms
11/20/07 UK UK Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in Free Range Turkey Flock
11/07/07 Japan Broiler Annual
11/06/07 Turkey Turkey's Avian Influenza Preparedness Steps
10/24/07 Russia Annual
10/10/07 Indonesia Poultry Annual
10/09/07 Mexico Poultry Annual
10/09/07 Canada Minimal Economic & Trade Impact of HPAI H7N3 Detection on Saskatchewan Farm
10/09/07 Korea Poultry Annual
10/03/07 Brazil Poultry Annual
10/03/07 China Poultry Annual
09/26/07 Venezuela Poultry Annual
09/14/07 Thailand Poultry Annual
09/12/07 Canada Poultry Annual
09/03/07 Thailand Import Suspension on Live Poultry and Carcasses from Nebraska
08/30/07 Germany AI:  Outbreak in Commercial Duck Farm
08/20/07 China AQSIQ and MOA Joint Announcement No. 885 - China Bans Virginia Poultry
08/13/07 Philippines Philippines suspends Imports of Poultry from Nebraska and Virginia
07/24/07 EU Poultry and Products Annual Reports
07/19/07 Germany AI Update: Total Number Rises to 240 Wild Birds, One Goose on Backyard Farm
06/28/07 Germany AI Re-appears in Wild Birds
06/28/07 China Avian Influenza Outbreak in Hunan Province
06/18/07 Thailand The Thai Government Lifted a Ban on Poultry and Poultry Products from Three U.S. States
06/11/07 Malaysia H5N1 outbreak in Sungei Buloh
05/11/07 Poland Avian Influenza Update Report for Poland
05/03/07 Thailand China Suspends Imports of U.S. Poultry Products from West Virginia
03/26/07 Thailand Updated Situation for the Thai Poultry Industry
03/21/07 China Poultry and Products Semi-annual Report
03/13/07 Mexico Poultry and Products Semi-annual Report
03/02/07 Kuwait High Path H5N1 Found in Kuwait
02/23/07 Netherlands Dutch H5N1 Incident Found to be False Alarm
02/20/07 Brazil Poultry and Products Semi-annual Report
02/16/07 Israel Avian influenza Preparedness in Israel
02/01/07 Hungary Second Case of Avian Influenza Confirmed in Hungary
02/01/07 EU Poultry and Products Semi-annual Report
01/30/07 Hungary Hungary Announces Suspected Case of Avian Influenza in Commercial Poultry
01/30/07 Indonesia Avian Influenza Update

09/22/06 Japan Poultry and Products Annual
09/21/06 Poland Financial Compensation for Producers due to Avian Influenza Outbreak
09/19/06 Russia Poultry and Products Annual
09/15/06 India Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/15/06 Argentina Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/13/06 Saudi Arabia Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/12/06 Vietnam Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/07/06 Hong Kong Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/07/06 Guatemala Poultry and Products Production and Consumption
09/07/06 China Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/07/06 Canada Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/05/06 UAE Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/05/06 South Africa Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/05/06 Mexico Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/01/06 Brazil Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/01/06 China China Bans U.S. Poultry Products from Pennsylvania
09/01/06 EU EC Market Support Measures in the Poultry Sector
09/01/06 Korea Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/01/06 Kuwait Livestock and Products Annual Report
09/01/06 Malaysia Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/01/06 Philippines Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/01/06 Romania Poultry and Products Annual Report
09/01/06