{"id":2376,"date":"2025-03-19T15:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/veterinarylab\/?p=2376"},"modified":"2025-03-19T15:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:54:42","slug":"fao-urges-nations-actions-blunt-h5n1-avian-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/veterinarylab\/2025\/03\/19\/fao-urges-nations-actions-blunt-h5n1-avian-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"From the University of Minnesota: FAO urges nations to ramp up actions to blunt impact of H5N1 avian flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>FAO urges nations to ramp up actions to blunt impact of H5N1 avian flu<\/h3>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-authors field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item\">\n<div class=\"node node--type-ss-news node--view-mode-article-author ds-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-authors field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item\">\n<div class=\"node node--type-ss-bio node--view-mode-article-author ds-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-bio-name field--type-name field--label-hidden field__item\"><em>By Lisa Schnirring, <\/em><em>March 17, 2025<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In a\u00a0briefing to member states\u00a0today, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today urged countries to step up their actions to battle avian flu in the face of an ongoing surge of poultry losses, more frequent spillovers to mammals, and detrimental effects on the food supply and prices.<\/p>\n<p>In other developments, New York City health officials shared more details about their investigation into severe cat illnesses from H5N1 avian flu, including a potential role of contaminated food and cat-to-cat spread of the virus. 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