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- 'Bird flu hits German poultry industry hard amid consumer panic (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Germany's poultry-producing industry said it had already lost more than 140 million euros as consumers were scared off by the bird flu crisis which has sparked panic in the most populous EU country.
'Very long odds on bird flu infecting Britons: top scientist (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Britons have a better chance of winning the lottery than falling ill with bird flu, even if the H5N1 virus is found in the country's wild birds, according to the government's chief scientific adviser.
'Fear of bird flu in Greece sparks huge drop in poultry sales (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Poultry consumption in Greece has plummeted 75 percent since February 11, when the country recorded its first case of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu, according to the Greek poultry farmers' association.
'Signs of panic as bird flu takes wing in Europe (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A French mayor banning chicken from school canteens, Germans abandoning cats by the hundreds, Greeks and Italians virtually axing poultry from their diets are all signs that a worried Europe is inching toward what some have called a bird flu psychosis.
'Bird flu poses no food safety risk: health expert (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu in poultry does not pose any food safety risk because it is unlikely a sick chicken would be slaughtered for consumption and thoroughly cooking meat and eggs would kill the virus, a health expert said on Friday.
'Europe counts cost of bird flu, fresh cases emerge (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Europe's poultry industry counted the multi-million-dollar cost of the spread of bird flu in lost sales on Friday after U.S. agencies urged more funds to fight a possible deadly human pandemic that could kill millions.
'Several countries blocking international bird flu research (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Several countries are refusing to cooperate with the international investigation into deadly H5N1 bird flu infections of wild birds, an environmentalist organisation claimed.
'WHO to host talks on containing bird flu pandemic (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that a meeting of experts next week will sharpen plans for containing any human influenza pandemic should an easily transmissible strain of bird flu emerge.
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