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- 'Vietnam confirms bird flu outbreaks among poultry (USA Today)
Vietnam on Wednesday confirmed bird flu outbreaks among its domestic poultry for the first time in a year. Some 5,500 young ducks and 500 chickens have died in the past two weeks in two southern Mekong Delta provinces, and the test results came in positive for the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus.
'New bird flu outbreak in Vietnam (BBC News)
Vietnam confirms the death of some 6,000 domestic poultry from bird flu, after being free of human cases for a year.
'Ancient bird-like footprints found (New Scientist)
But the prints are 55 million years older than the oldest known bird fossils - so what made them?
'Turkey tips: the basics on handling the bird (Vancouver Province)
Size: Allow one to 1 1/2 pounds (500 g to 750 g) per adult and one pound per two young children; this will give you some leftovers. Thawing: If you have a frozen turkey, thaw in the refrigerator, estimating five hours per pound (10 hours per kilogram). A big bird will take about three days.
'Critics say resort may threaten bird (AP via Yahoo! News)
A luxury resort planned for a national park in Grenada threatens to push a rare bird species to extinction, a conservation group said Tuesday.
'Bird flu found in Vietnamese poultry (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Authorities in Vietnam have detected an outbreak of bird flu in poultry in two provinces in the southern Mekong delta, after the deaths of several thousand birds, officials have announced.
'Vietnam confirms bird flu outbreak (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thousands of poultry died of bird flu in the past two weeks in southern Vietnam, the government said Wednesday, in the country's first reported outbreak in a year.
'Seychelles tries to save endangered bird (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Wildlife experts in the Seychelles have launched a last ditch attempt to save a rare tropical bird facing possible extinction in the Indian Ocean archipelago, conservationists said on Wednesday.
'Vietnam confirms bird flu outbreak (CNN.com)
HANOI, Vietnam (Reuters) -- Vietnam has detected the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus in chickens and ducklings in two Mekong Delta provinces, the country's first infections since August, the Agriculture Ministry said in a report.
'Bird-watchers find plenty to see (Orlando Sentinel)
About 80 Lake County bird-watchers participated in last week's Christmas Bird Count at Emeralda Marsh.
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