Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) continues to affect the wildlife on the sub-antarctic islands of South Georgia. The latest results from samples taken from the islands reveal that the ...

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In the past four years, avian influenza (bird flu ... strain closest to the one found at Crozet was present in 2023 in South Georgia, off the coast of South America," explained Barbraud.

High pathogenicity avian influenza, or HPAI ... It was detected in October 2023 in South Georgia, which lies south-east of South America, arrived in Antarctica in February 2024, and the first ...

In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading across ... The panzootic had begun. As birds migrate south for the winter, they bring H5N1 to poultry farms. Most infected chickens ...