Monday, October 24, 2005

H5N1 news: EU mulls wild bird import freeze

Via The BBC.

Live wild bird imports to any European Union state may be banned when agriculture ministers meet to discuss the bird flu threat on Tuesday.

Fears of infection arriving among pet birds have risen after a parrot died of the H5N1 strain - potentially deadly to humans - while in quarantine in the UK.

posted by Fergie @ 10/24/2005 06:35:00 PM

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