Bird-flu scare after eagles smuggled into Belgium
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A Thai man who tried to smuggle into Belgium two crested hawk eagles infected with the deadly bird flu virus was undergoing tests yesterday but appeared to be in good health, officials said.
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A report from Britain's Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said on Friday the bird flu outbreak in Suffolk, UK, was "most likely" linked to the import of poultry products from Hungary.
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Tests confirmed the H5N1 type of the bird flu virus in poultry at two farms in the eastern Czech Republic, the State Veterinary Authority (SVS) said on Thursday.
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Scientists say they&#039;ve found surprising evidence from Nigeria, the first African nation to report a dangerous form of bird flu, that the virus entered the country at least three times.
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The avian influenza virus that has spread among poultry in Southeast Asia and infected some people there has also crossed another species barrier to infect cats.
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The European Commission said Monday it has approved two vaccines to be used against the bird flu virus in the EU member states. The vaccines, the first to be approved by the EU executive, are Nobilis Influenza H5N2, for use in chickens, and Poulvac FluFend H5N3 RG, for use in both chickens and Pekin ducks, the most common breed of duck used for commercial meat.
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Tests have confirmed that three swans found dead in eastern France were killed by the H5N1 bird flu virus, the French agriculture ministry said on Thursday, France's first cases of the disease in over a year.
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The migration patterns of whooper swans are poorly understood, but they may have played a role in the brief appearance of avian flu across Europe early this year.
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Six wild birds in Germany have died of the feared H5N1 strain of bird flu, a German institute said on Sunday. via News24
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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 outbreak of deadly bird flu in  Asia spurred the EU on Monday to check Europe's preparedness  for the spread of a disease that scientists warn may become  pandemic.
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Hundreds of tons of poultry passed through the Bernard Matthews plant during the bird flu outbreak.
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Brussels - Belgian authorities on Sunday appealed to a Thai man who smuggled two bird flu-infected Asian eagles into Brussels airport to make contact, and urged passengers who took the same flights to seek medical help.
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Three swans found dead in a pond in eastern France have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the Agriculture Ministry said Thursday.
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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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The virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu that infected a turkey farm in Britain probably originated in Hungary rather than from a migratory bird.
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Britain gassed tens of thousands of turkeys and extended restrictions on the movement of poultry on Sunday to try to prevent the spread of deadly bird flu from a farm in eastern England.