August 25 - An outbreak of bird flu in Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, prompted countries to implement trade restrictions in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus after the first ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's vast and diverse geography, with the Amazon to the north, mountain ranges along the Atlantic coast and the Andes to its west, may have helped it avoid the U.S. fate of ...

SAO PAULO, June 6 (Reuters) - Brazilian Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro on Friday welcomed the opportunity to debate vaccination of poultry against bird flu following the country's first confirmed ...

Widespread animal vaccination could help control the spread of diseases like bird flu, protecting public health and trade, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health. While vaccination can ...