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Following the most recent outbreak of bird flu in British turkeys, we decided to focus on the H5N1 virus. Avian flu refers to influenza viruses found in birds. The risk from avian flu is generally low to most people.(...)

The risk from avian flu is generally low to most people. However, scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could one day be able to infect humans and spread easily from one person to another.(...)

The avian flu virus has already killed millions of birds and the disease spreads quickly between the birds despite aggressive sanitary measures. In humans, the situation is rather different.(...)

Millions of birds have been infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus. Many of them already died and the disease has spread from Asia to the UK despite aggressive sanitary measures.(...)

This disease has been widely covered by the media in regards to the pandemic it may cause in humans. However we should not forget that it may impact on the well being of our pets.(...)

Blackhead is a severe protozoan disease of turkeys and peafowls and also affects fowls and game birds. It is also known as entero-hepatitis and histomoniasis. The condition is characterised by caecal (blind gut) and liver lesions.(...)

Botulism, also known as limber-neck, is a food poisoning caused by the ingestion of a preformed toxin. This poison is produced by Clostridium botulinum which is a bacterium living on decaying animal and vegetable matter.(...)

Chronic respiratory disease (CRD) is one of the most common respiratory diseases of poultry. The disease occurs when birds infected with Mycoplasma gallisepticum are stressed.(...)

Coccidiosis is one of the more common and costly diseases in poultry. It is characterised by droopiness, paleness of the comb, diarrhoea and occasionally blood in the droppings. The death rate may be quite high, both in chicks and in adults.(...)

In some hens, the egg-laying process goes wrong. Egg production falls or stops, there is a messy, odorous discharge from the vent or the bird's abdomen swells. This article looks at several egg-laying disorders, their possible causes and remedies.(...)

Fowl cholera is a contagious bacterial disease of world wide distribution. The disease affects many types of domesticated and wild birds. Fowl cholera may be acute with sudden or rapid death or may be chronic.(...)

Marek's disease (MD) is caused by a herpes virus that may result in death or severe production loss in both layer and meat chickens.Vaccination will reduce the losses.(...)

Newcastle disease is a highly contagious disease of birds caused by pathogenic strains of the virus Paramyxovirus.(...)