Russia, Japan ban British poultry over bird flu
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Russia and Japan banned British poultry imports as Britain neared the end of a cull of 160,000 turkeys after the nation's first outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu in farmed poultry.
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Tests were being carried out on poultry found dead in several new areas in suburban Moscow to determine whether the birds had died of the same H5N1 bird flu strain that has affected birds in other areas on the outskirts of the Russian capital, officials said Tuesday.
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Foot and mouth disease has struck a new cattle farm in southern England, the government said on Wednesday, prompting the European Union to suspend a decision to lift its ban on British meat exports.
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Poultry farms around Moscow were under tight control on Saturday as a third outbreak of bird flu was found and health officials investigated whether the deadly H5N1 strain had caused the Russian capital's first exposure to the virus.
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The H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in another poultry farm in northern Bangladesh, forcing authorities to cull nearly 300 chickens, officials said on Wednesday.
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The Malaysian government said on  Thursday it had decided against banning exports of poultry  goods after its first bird flu outbreak.
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Hungary says there is no evidence a UK bird flu outbreak was caused by poultry from the country.
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Experts confirm the H5N1 bird flu virus outbreak at a turkey farm in the UK is the Asian strain.
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HOLTON, England -- Britain scrambled to contain its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in domestic poultry yesterday after the virus was found at a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey producer.
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Singapore has extended its ban on the import of poultry and eggs from Malaysia, following a new outbreak of bird flu there Monday.
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The likely cause of bird flu at a farm in Suffolk was poultry imported from a factory in Hungary, officials say.
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The European Union and Japan have lifted import bans on Canadian poultry that were imposed after an outbreak of bird flu in the western province of British Columbia, officials said on Friday.
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Britain culled up to 160,000 turkeys to fight its first mass outbreak of Asian-type H5N1 bird flu, as Japan and Russia suspended poultry imports and neighbouring countries braced for fallout.
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The European Commission says a strain of bird flu which killed 2,600 turkeys in Suffolk is the H5N1 virus.
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The British poultry company hit by a  bird flu outbreak denied on Friday it had broken rules by  importing meat from parts of Hungary that were off limits  because of an outbreak there.
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Hong Kong authorities may ban the slaughtering of poultry by retailers in a bid to prevent a bird (avian) flu pandemic. The WHO has warned that the next global pandemic may come from a mutated bird flu virus.
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Poultry farms around Moscow were under  tight control on Saturday when two cases of bird flu near the  capital were confirmed as being the deadly H5N1 strain.