Chickens euthanised after bird flu suspected in local flock
(CNS): Five possible cases of Avian influenza (bird flu) have been detected in Grand Cayman during the Department of Agriculture’s routine surveillance for the virus in the local poultry population. The DoA explained that its veterinary staff conducts preliminary rapid testing of all domestic poultry that have died of possible respiratory illnesses.
Following initial and subsequent testing of additional birds in one flock, five possible positive results were detected in Grand Cayman as at Monday, 9 January. Further samples have been collected in accordance with standard international guidelines for suspect cases of bird flu and are being sent to an international reference laboratory in the United States for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing. PCR testing is the globally accepted method for confirming the presence or absence of this viral disease.
While awaiting test results, the Department is advising local poultry farmers to enhance their on-farm biosecurity protocols and to restrict access to their poultry facilities.
Pending PCR test results in accordance with the World Organization for Animal Health’s guidelines for eradication and management of Avian Influenza and to protect the local poultry population from the possible introduction and spread of this disease, the flock in question was humanely euthanised and the area placed under quarantine restrictions.
According to the WOAH, the transmission of Avian influenza from birds to humans is rare and sporadic and happens in a specific context. People who are in close and repeated contact with infected birds or heavily contaminated environments are at risk of acquiring the disease.
The world is currently experiencing one of the worst outbreaks of bird flu, which is wreaking havoc among wild birds as well as domestic poultry. Japan has culled close to 10 million birds in a record outbreak, while the virus is rampaging across Europe and the UK. Colorado is reporting its worst-ever outbreak after 6.4 million birds died in that US state, where the virus is crossing over into wild birds and killing bald eagles.
Millions of farm birds are under lockdown, while thousands have been euthanised. The outbreak is exacerbating the cost of living crisis, disrupting food supply chains and adding yet another headache to grocery shopping.
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Simple answer a vegan world! The next pandemic will be caused by animal agriculture. The wild chickens present no threat whatsoever.
Simple Answer, find a different planet to live on that has a different biological food chain.
Is there life on mars
Cull the damm chickens!!!
Ban friggin leaf blowers!
The feral chickens should have been culled decades ago.
We will be like the UK soon where you are not allowed to buy more than a dozen eggs at a time as the chicken population has been decimated by bird flu.
Not to mention our endangered birds? assuming they are susceptible to avian flu.
Think everyone on the island has had some sort of flu in the last month or so.
That be the Kraken vatiant
Bird flu wow. Cluck n hell
The avian flu has no cure in humans and its airborne. Not a word if humans were tested.
Could the assholes stop feeding the damn wild ones? It should be illegal.
They need to be culled more than the iguanas
It says bird flu found in local flock, then the story says possible cases…
Minister don’t care fixing he dock !
In actuality, over 50 million chickens and turkeys were killed in the US because of the claim of there was bird flu present, and the meat wasn’t available for human consumption even thou the infected birds cause no harm to humans once the meat is prepared properly, why is it you get the feeling there is a deliberate move to destroy meat production around the world?
Let’s push NOW to get rid of “cute” wild chickens running under the chairs and table of our outdoor restaurants and bars … and all other invasives:
Cats
Rats
Chickens
Dogs
Green iguanas
I Got Beans Greens Potatoes Tomatoes
Lamb Ram Hogs Dogs
Beans Greens Potatoes Tomatoes
Chicken Turkeys Rabbit
YOU NAME IT!!!!!!
maybe stop farming chickens/animals in deplorable conditions that give rise to these virus’s. its how covid started.
eating animals..bad for animals, bad for humans and disaster for the planet.
A) Culls of wild chickens
B) Avian influenza has also been a problem across the ‘continental Caribbean’ since last year, not just in far-flung Asia, Europe & North America.
Poor chickens!
Humans First.
Take your pity party for these disease spreaders somewhere else.
Will this have any affect on the Filipinos that harvest the “parking lot chickens”?
Come by our place and help yourself!
We have them in all sizes, no catch limit!
Will need to trace back the travel history of those chickens in order to get a proper handle on this situation!
For years the DoA had a full-time chicken catcher, and PPM scrapped that budget. That’s why we have chickens everywhere. Cause and effect.
The DOE chicken catcher did not make a lick of difference in the number of wild chickens. Chickens have been everywhere for decades. The PPM is not to blame. I don’t know their reason for scrapping the budget but I do know that it was near impossible to get DOA to send someone to bring out a cage and when they did they were in no hurry to come and retrieve the catch. It was so frustrating to have to deal with them.
DOA not DOE. Separate departments.
A simple mistake- so sue me Mr. Word police!
There has been a substantial increase in feral chickens repelled from forested land to make way for new construction. The PPM is responsible for the developer incentives, duty waivers, untracked concessions, and subsequent land-clearing for construction. They also scrapped the DoA budget and department that used to take care of this nuisance. They did this years and years ago under Kurt, so its not a new development, but it is theirs.
They’re not from forested land. They’re descendants of domesticated fowl, mostly since Hurricane Ivan.
What is the likelihood of it being transmitted to the wild chicken population?
Mosquitos can fly right through that coop wire…so pretty easily.
Bird flu is not transmitted via mosquitoes.
Only a million wild ones left
Call KFC. The chickens, cats and iguanas all need to be dealt with.