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- 'S.Korea says third bird flu case confirmed (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
South Korea's agriculture ministry said on Monday it had found a third case of highly pathogenic bird flu in North Cholla province south of Seoul.
'Experts puzzle over halt of bird flu (AP via Yahoo! News)
Earlier this year, bird flu panic was in full swing: The French feared for their foie gras, the Swiss locked their chickens indoors, and Americans enlisted prison inmates in Alaska to help spot infected wild birds.
'Haryana, Maryland universities to do bird flu research jointly (Yahoo! India News)
Chandigarh, Dec 11 (IANS) The Haryana Agriculture University, Hissar Monday tied up with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the University of Maryland to conduct joint research for developing a vaccine to combat bird (avian) flu.
'Bird flu update: 11 December 2006 (SciDev.net)
Below is a roundup of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article.
'Bird flu kills quails on South Korean farm (UPI)
KIMJE, South Korea, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A farmer in South Korea reported about 3,000 quail died of bird flu during the weekend, government quarantine officials said.
'South Korea says third bird flu case confirmed (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A third case of bird flu has been discovered in southwestern South Korea just as officials have completed culling hundreds of thousands of poultry from two earlier outbreaks.
'Bird Flu 'Quiet' Puzzles, Worries Experts (Fox News)
Except for a steady stream of human bird flu cases in Indonesia, the past year's worries about a catastrophic global outbreak largely disappeared. Experts wonder why.
'Report: bird flu kills quails at farm in South Korea (USA Today)
Hundreds of quails have died of a "highly pathogenic" bird flu at a farm south of Seoul, a news report said Monday. It wasn't immediately clear if it was the deadly H5N1 strain.
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