H5N1 News: European Farmers Told to Lock Up Their Chickens
All joking aside, a Reuters newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
European governments ordered farmers to lock up their chickens on Wednesday after the deadly bird flu virus was found in two new countries on the continent, dealing another blow to battered poultry sales.
Germany and Austria are the latest EU countries to report the discovery of dead swans infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, that has spread from Asia to Africa and killed 91 people and led to the destruction of millions of birds.
The World Animal Health Organization (OIE) says the cases themselves do not necessarily mean the disease, which is highly contagious among poultry, has spread to domestic flocks, and this is where governments should now concentrate their efforts.
posted by Fergie @ 2/15/2006 12:59:00 PM
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