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- '200,000 chickens culled in new China bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Nearly 200,000 chickens have been culled in northern China after the world's most populous nation reported its first outbreak of bird flu in nearly a month, the government said.
'Bird flu reaches Africa, kills Nigerian poultry (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to Africa for the first time where it has killed poultry in northern Nigeria, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday.
'Nigeria Reports Africa's 1st Bird Flu Case (Washington Post)
PARIS -- A "highly pathogenic" strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in poultry stocks in Nigeria _ the first reported case of the disease in Africa, the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health said Wednesday.
'China reports bird flu outbreak, new human case (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
China reported a fresh outbreak of bird flu on a chicken farm in the northern province of Shanxi on Wednesday and also said another person was being treated for the virus in the east of the country.
'China confirms 11th human case of bird flu-Xinhua (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
China's Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced one more human case of bird flu, bringing the number of the country's confirmed cases in humans to eleven, the Xinhua news agency said.
'Deadly Bird Flu Found in Nigeria (AP via Yahoo! News)
The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected on a large commercial chicken farm in Nigeria ? the first reported outbreak in Africa, the World Organization for Animal Health said Wednesday.
'Vigilant Africa scrambles to limit bird flu spread (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
African countries scrambled on Wednesday to limit the spread of deadly H5N1 bird flu after the continent's first outbreak was confirmed in Nigeria.
'Their city under threat, Iraq's Kurds battle bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
With their major city under threat, Kurdish officials are working hard to head off a bird flu epidemic, resorting to both Europe and the black market to buy the life-saving medicines.
'Deadly bird flu detected in Nigerian outbreak (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An outbreak of bird flu among poultry in Nigeria is the H5N1 strain that can kill people, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said in a statement on Wednesday, the first time the virus has been found in Africa.
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