H5N1 News: Bird Flu Hits 'The Land of Foie Gras'
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
The European Union’s first outbreak of lethal H5N1 bird flu in commercial poultry was confirmed Saturday in France, the EU’s largest poultry producer.More here.
France’s farming ministry said lab tests confirmed H5N1 in turkeys at a farm in the southeast Ain region, where thousands of the birds were found dead Thursday. The farm, which had more than 11,000 turkeys, has been sealed off and surviving birds slaughtered.
The spread of bird flu to commercial stocks in France, which has been working for months to prevent and prepare for an outbreak, served as a sobering sign for other developed countries that consider themselves well protected against the virus.
posted by Fergie @ 2/24/2006 07:35:00 PM
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