avian influenza

Also a·vi·an flu
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[ey-vee-uhn in-floo-en-zuh]

noun

Pathology

1. a form of influenza that afflicts poultry and other birds, and that is transmissible to humans.

   An earlier outbreak of avian influenza had been reported in the Northeast last month.

Word History and Origins

Origin of avian influenza¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

"We're now starting to enter the high-risk period for avian influenza and that is signalled by the movement of migratory birds," he said.

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Daera veterinary officer Ignatius McKeown said "increasing mortality" at the site led to suspicions about an avian influenza outbreak.

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Avian Influenza Protection Zone restrictions for the whole of Northern Ireland were introduced in January 2025 after the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 was detected in wild birds in County Tyrone.

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In the past three years, outbreaks of bird flu, formally called highly pathogenic avian influenza, in wild animals spilled over to dairy cows and poultry, infecting several dozen humans and even killing one American.

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Department of Agriculture continues to log confirmed reports of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry flocks, and a quick look at its tracker confirms that there is a hell of a lot of bird flu out there.

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