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| During 1999, north-eastern Italy was affected by an epidemic of low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) caused by a virus of the H&N1 subtype. The epidemic caused considerable losses to the poultry industry. In the month of December 1999, the H7N1 LPAI virus mutated to a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI), which spread rapidly, and determined the direct and indirect death of over thirteen million birds of different species.
A peculiar characteristic of the Italian 1999-2000 epidemic is that it affected a great variety of avian species including intensively reared chickens, turkeys, ostriches, guinea-fowl, Japanese quails, pheasants, Pekin ducks and a number of backyard flocks. The video clips and images offered here refer to the Italian epidemic. |
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Nov 2005,
New York |
36 minutes
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Nov 2005,
New York |
The meeting was chaired by H.E. Mr. Munir Akram ( Pakistan ), President of the Economic and Social Council. 1 hour and 57 minutes
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Sept 2005,
New York |
48 minutes
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Nov 2005,
New York |
The Food and Agricultural Organization is working with affected countries to curb the spread of avian flu through vaccinating birds, isolating domestic birds from wild birds, and if necessary culling them. South-East Asian countries in which human deaths have occurred from avian flu - Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia - also discuss their strategies. WHO considers avian flu a major global public health challenge. 14 minutes
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