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- 'Bird Flu Found in German Mammal (AP via Yahoo! News)
The H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in a weasel-like mammal called a stone marten, a German laboratory said Thursday, indicating the disease has spread beyond birds and cats to another animal species.
'Bird Flu Could Appear in U.S. in Months (AP via Yahoo! News)
A deadly strain of bird flu could appear in the United States in the next few months as wild birds migrate from infected nations, Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said Thursday.
'Indonesian firm to produce new bird flu vaccine for poultry (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An Indonesian-Japanese joint venture will start producing bird flu vaccine for poultry using reverse genetics technology.
'Stone marten diagnosed with bird flu in Germany (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A stone marten in Germany has been infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus in what is believed to be the first case of this species being infected in the wild.
'Bird flu found in weasel-like mammal in Germany (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
German authorities have identified a marten infected with H5N1 bird flu, the second species of mammal to be found with the virus in the country, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute said on Thursday.
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