Two Bird Flu Summits Discussing Pandemic And Mitigation Risks Set To Take Place In October

As pandemic fears widen around the world, two forums will be held this October to discuss the threat of Highly-Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and how it can be treated. These two forums will be held around the same time in different locations.

The first one, hosted by the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville), called the International Avian Influenza and One Health Emerging Issues Summit, will be held on September 30th to October 3rd.

The forum’s website states: ‘Since January 2022, multiple HPAI viruses have infected tens of millions of wild birds, commercial poultry flocks, and more than two dozen species of terrestrial and marine mammals worldwide. This bird flu panzootic has also spread across Africa, Asia, the Americas, Australia, Europe and even into Antarctica. That is why we decided to modify the scope of the Summit this year.’

‘The first day will be to cover HPAI in commercial poultry with talks directly to poultry veterinarians as Dr. Caldwell suggested. The next day will cover the panzootic situation. Nevertheless, as suggested by Dr. Hargis, this year we are including Emerging Issues to cover other important economic diseases affecting commercial poultry, swine, cattle, bees, and humans as One Health,’ the university added.

The forum is still looking for a number of sponsors to help better fund the event and cover expenses…