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- 'Dutch report suspected low-pathogenic bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Dutch authorities have detected a possible case of low-pathogenic bird flu in the central region of Gelderse Vallei, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.
'Mild form of bird flu found on Dutch farms (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Traces of the H7 strain of bird flu, only mildly pathogenic unlike the H5N1 virus that is potentially lethal to humans, were detected on a farm in the central Netherlands, the Dutch agriculture ministry has said.
'Laos starts poultry cull to limit bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Laos has started a poultry cull in three villages near the capital Vientiane to limit the spread of the bird flu virus detected last week, an official has said.
'Dutch report low-pathogenic bird flu at farm (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Dutch authorities have detected a low-pathogenic H7 bird flu strain at a poultry farm and stepped up measures to prevent a major outbreak in one of the world's top poultry exporter, the farm ministry said on Tuesday.
'Bird flu-human flu virus mix doesn't transmit easily in animal test (CNN.com)
Tests using ferrets suggest that the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has to undergo complex genetic changes before it could develop into a pandemic flu virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
'Dutch report low-pathogenic bird flu in farm (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Dutch authorities have detected a low-pathogenic bird flu strain in a poultry farm in the central region of Gelderse Vallei, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.
'Bird flu findings cautiously optimistic (Chicago Tribune)
An experiment combining bird flu with a common human strain failed to create a pandemic virus, suggesting that it may be more difficult for bird flu to mutate into a form that is easily transmissible among humans, federal scientists said Monday.
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