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- 'Local bird flu vaccine almost ready (IBN live)
India is close to developing its own bird flu vaccine with final phase trials showing 90 per cent success.
'Polk County Readies For Possibility of Bird Flu (Polk County Democrat)
Don't say that hurricanes never did any good. According to Dr. Daniel Haight, director of the Polk County health dept., response plans in place for hurricanes will be effective in preparing the county if bird flu should ever become a problem.
'Bird flu update: 10 July 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.
'Spain becomes 14 EU state to report bird flu (Food Production Daily)
10/07/2006 - Spain has become the latest EU member to report finding the deadly strain of the bird flu virus in wild birds, while a World Ban survey shows that the poultry sector is losing millions of euros worldwide as consumption plummets in some countries.
'After no bird flu outbreaks, Vietnam to lift ban on raising ducks(Updated 05:25 p.m.) (Chinapost.com.tw)
Vietnam will soon lift an official ban on raising ducks because no outbreaks of bird flu in poultry have been reported since December, an agriculture ministry official said Monday.
'PanAfrica: Bird Flu Will Remain a Threat for Years to Come, Experts Warn At UN Special Meeting (AllAfrica.com)
While bird flu has been successfully checked in Western Europe and much of Southeast Asia apart from Indonesia, it is still expanding in Africa and will remain a threat for years to come, with the number of countries affected doubling to 60 in just the two months from February to April, United Nations officials said today.
'Spain reports first case of lethal bird flu virus (Daily Telegraph)
The first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus recorded in Spain has been found in a wild bird in the northern Basque country, the agriculture ministry said yesterday.
'Bird in croc-infested bush was 'not lost' (Northern Territory News)
A MAN who trekked 23 hours through crocodile-infested country in the Territory did not realise he was at the centre of a major search. Graeme Bird, 21, abandoned a commercial fishing vessel on Saturday night about 150km east of Darwin near Wildman River.
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