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- 'H5N1 bird flu strain hits Czech poultry (Radio Prague)
Czech veterinary officials have confirmed the country's first outbreak of bird flu among poultry, after the disease was uncovered at a turkey farm in eastern Bohemia. Until now bird flu had been found only in a number of cases in wild birds in southern parts of the country. Authorities, who ordered a safety perimeter instated around the farm in eastern Bohemia, confirmed on Thursday following ...
'Czechs cull turkeys after H5N1 bird flu outbreak (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
TISOVA, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Czech veterinarians started culling several thousand turkeys at a farm on Thursday after tests confirmed the country's first outbreak of a deadly form of bird flu in poultry.
'Vietnam reports 2nd bird flu death this month (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A 28-year-old Vietnamese woman died on Thursday of bird flu, Vietnam's second victim of the H5N1 virus this month, a hospital official said.
'Ghana reports third bird flu outbreak in poultry (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Ghana has recorded the third outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Aflao, a town on the border with Togo, a senior official at the agriculture ministry said Thursday.
'A plastic bird on a mission (Boston Globe)
The "swan" left shore and floated out on Turner's Pond, its head bobbing gently as it moved through the water toward the middle. There it sat calmly like any other water bird enjoying a summer day. A nearby flotilla of ducks appeared unfazed.
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