Bird flu fears as virus found in swans
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Biosecurity stepped up and workers given Tamiflu as vets test more dead birds in Dorset
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A sixth swan tests positive for avian flu at the Abbotsbury swan sanctuary in Dorset, Defra says.
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The unexpected discovery of a deadly bird flu strain in Malaysia after summer cases elsewhere in Southeast Asia indicated a major winter outbreak was likely, international health experts said on Friday.
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Israeli officials said on Thursday the deadly bird flu strain H5N1 had been found in dead chickens from a kindergarten pet zoo.
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Scientists in China say they have discovered a highly virulent strain of bird flu virus in pigs. An official at the China National Avian Flu Reference Laboratory said the H5N1 virus strain had been found in pigs at several farms in the country.
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China has confirmed reports that the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in its pig population. Agriculture ministry officials said two infected pigs had been discovered, one in 2002 and one in 2003.
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Four people have tested positive for bird flu linked to a low-risk strain found in chickens which died on a farm in north Wales, a senior health official said Friday.
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The avian influenza virus known as H5N1 has killed millions of poultry in east Asia. Now researchers fear it may be tougher and more dangerous to humans than previously suspected.
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Scientists have discovered the possible presence of bird flu in wild mute swans in Michigan &#151; but it does not appear to be the most worrisome, highly pathogenic strain, the White House announced Monday.
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Thousands of turkeys face culling after a bird flu outbreak on a Suffolk farm is confirmed as the H5N1 strain.
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BEIJING/KUALA LUMPUR  - The discovery of a deadly bird flu strain in Malaysia after cases elsewhere in Southeast Asia signaled a major winter outbreak was likely, international health experts said on Friday.
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A Chinese laboratory said Friday that a deadly strain of bird flu has been found in pigs, expanding the number of species that can be infected with the disease.
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Ducks also spread bird flu, increasing  the risk to humans from a virus that has killed 32 people in  Thailand and Vietnam this year, the World Health Organization  (WHO) said on Friday.
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A case of bird flu in Thailand sparks fears of human to human transmission.
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PENANG (MALAYSIA), AUG 23: The deadly H5N1 strain of Bird Flu will take several years to contain, the WHO warned on Monday, adding that claims in China that the virus was found in pigs is a worrying new development.
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A deadly bird flu virus, which has killed 29 Asians this year, has reappeared in Cambodia and the government is deeply worried because villagers ate birds which had died from it, officials said on Wednesday.
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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.