The avian influenza virus continues to spread in the European Union and beyond, causing high mortality in wild birds, spreading to wild and domestic mammals and outbreaks on farms, according to a scientific report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), published on Wednesday 3 April.
Experts have identified certain species of farmed fur animals (e.g. mink and foxes), which are highly susceptible to influenza viruses,...