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- 'Dutch bird flu virus is mild form of H7N7 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu found on a central Dutch poultry farm this month is a mild form of the H7N7 strain of the virus, the Dutch agriculture ministry said.
'Bird flu found in Vietnamese ducks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Vietnamese animal health workers have detected bird flu in a flock of ducks in the southern Mekong Delta, officials have said amid fears of a wider resurgence of the virus.
'Bird groups critical of spotted owl rules (The Olympian)
State forestry rules aimed at protecting the northern spotted owl will neither aid the bird's declining numbers nor stop a possible lawsuit from conservationists, a lawyer said Wednesday.
'Bird flu monitoring expands nationally (AP via Yahoo! News)
The government on Wednesday expanded its monitoring of wild migratory birds for a deadly bird flu virus to cover the entire nation and U.S. territories in the Pacific.
'China denies bird flu cover-up (AFP via Yahoo! News)
China has denied covering up a 2003 human death from bird flu which was only confirmed this week, but admitted shortcomings in its disease reporting.
'Bird-flu testing migrates to Calif. (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
NEWARK, Calif. - A group of U.S. biologists in California are part of a vast network trying to learn if a deadly bird-flu virus plaguing Asia has arrived in the USA. They are testing the first arrivals in the continental USA from breeding grounds in Alaska, where they mingled this spring with birds from Asia and could have acquired the H5N1 virus.
'Indonesians reject criticism of bird-flu fight (The Columbus Dispatch)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ? Indonesia, which has had more human deaths from bird flu than any other country, defended the way it has fought the virus yesterday, saying it had vaccinated or destroyed almost 300 million chickens since 2004.
'Cambodia enlists Buddhist monks to help fight bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Cambodia has enlisted the help of Buddhist monks and teachers in its drive to prevent a fresh outbreak of bird flu, the UN children's agency and government officials said.
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