Tests after bird flu hits swans
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Tests on birds in Dorset will continue as vets try to contain the virulent form of bird flu found at a bird sanctuary.
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A fourth swan has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Dorset
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Four people test positive for a mild strain of bird flu which was first found at a north Wales smallholding.
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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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Health officials have tested three people for the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu after an outbreak in eastern England, and all have proved negative.
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KUALA LUMPUR : Five Malaysian navy sailors have been hospitalised for bird flu tests after possibly coming into contact with diseased birds while patrolling the disputed Spratly islands, officials said on Friday.
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China ordered strengthened poultry disinfection measures yesterday under a bird flu alert during the wildfowl migration season and as Thailand announced its first probable case of human-to-human transmission.
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Three mute swans in Dorset have been found dead after contracting the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu.
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Outfitting swans with super-light Teflon backpacks containing solar-powered GPS satellite transmitters is the latest way scientists and researchers are trying to fight the spread of avian influenza.
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Mallard ducks in Pennsylvania have   tested positive for a low-pathogenic strain of the H5N1 bird   flu virus, the U.S. Agriculture and Interior departments said   on Saturday, adding to cases detected recently in Maryland and   Michigan.
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Authorities confirmed Saturday the H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected for the first time on a British poultry farm after 2,500 turkeys died.
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Health officials Thursday investigated new bird deaths in eastern India to check whether bird flu was spreading to additional areas despite a poultry cull aimed at curbing the disease.
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Lab test confirmed that 23 tigers in a private zoo in eastern Thailand have died of infecting with avian influenza virus, officials said here on Tuesday.
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Three swans found dead in eastern France carried the H5N1 bird flu that can be fatal to humans, tests confirm.
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Tests are expected back on a couple at a smallholding where a mild form of bird flu has been confirmed.
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A sixth swan has tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a nature reserve in south-west England, Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said Saturday.
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Three out of four children tested for possible bird flu infection after the potentially lethal H5N1 strain of the virus resurfaced in Turkey do not have the disease, the health ministry has said.