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"Last fall we had winds from the south and then on Columbus day weekend we got a northerly wind and all those birds that had been waiting (for the wind to shift) came and over the weekend we had 400 rescues and over 500 dead birds," Prince said. At the hospital, Keller checks out the birds and injects them with an anti-inflammatory medicine and fluids to control shock and brain swelling. (Forbes -- Technology)
Deception, ignorance hinder fight against bird flu in Cambodia Apr 16, 2006
But elsewhere, poor farmers continued tending their small, backyard flocks, blaming a normal hot season die-off for the dead birds they found in their fields and eating the carcasses. "People did not believe in bird flu at all. They thought it was a joke," said Vann Phal, Tuol Prich's deputy village chief. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Bird flu: the deadly delay Apr 7, 2006
A hotline to report dead birds was deluged with almost 1,500 calls yesterday - 15 times the usual number ... Many of the calls were from householders who had found dead birds in and around gardens, while others were asking for advice on protecting poultry and from poultry owners about entering their birds on the national register ... Scotland's chief veterinary officer Charles Milne said 14 dead birds in Scotland were being checked for avian flu, including 12 swans, but said: "There is no... (Daily Mail - UK)
Agriculture Ministry suspects PA concealed outbreak of avian flu Mar 25, 2006
The Agriculture Ministry said Thursday that interim test results showed that dead birds found in a poultry coop in Moshav Bekaot in the Jordan Valley tested positive for the deadly strain of avian flu. Moshav Bekaot was quarantined Wednesday after dozens of turkeys were found dead, and Thursday morning the Veterinary Services began culling the flocks in the four poultry coops on the moshav. (Ha'aretz)
Jordan announces first bird flu cases Mar 25, 2006
The dead birds -- namely three turkeys -- were reported to the authorities Thursday evening in a privately run family farm in the village of Kfar Najah in Ajlun governorate. Experts from the health and agriculture ministries immediately rushed to the area and tested the birds for H5N1. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Bird flu confirmed in Jordan Valley coop Mar 24, 2006
The Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday that dead birds found in a poultry coop in the Jordan Valley tested positive for the deadly strain of avian flu, confirming the virus was continuing to spread across the country. The ministry's announcement was based on interim results from the test that indicated it was highly probable the virus was of the violent strain. (Ha'aretz)
Three people hospitalized found not to have avian flu... Mar 18, 2006
The suspicion that the virus had reached Israel first emerged Thursday morning, when veterinarians at Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha discovered 400 dead birds in one of the coops. At about the same time, nearby Kibbutz Holit reported suspicious deaths among its turkeys. (The Drudge Report)
If bird flu comes here Mar 15, 2006
As a result, states in the west along the Pacific Ocean, or in the middle of the country along the Mississippi flyway, would likely see sick or dead birds long before Florida ... It is possible the virus could mutate and start infecting humans in Asia, Europe or Africa even before any birds here get sick, but local planners are working on what to do when and if sick or dead birds start showing up in South Florida. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
Leftover Horror Movie Props Prompt Ohio Bomb Scare Mar 11, 2006
Upon further examination, several prop swords, guns and dead birds were found in the barn. Officials said they intend to attempt to get some or all of the incident costs recovered from the film company, which was required to remove all items from the property when filming ended. (Click2Houston, TX)
Seven people cleared of bird flu after Malaysia outbreak Feb 23, 2006
The area within a 10-kilometre (six-mile) radius of the affected villages, which includes the National Zoo as well as the towers, was being monitored for dead birds. "The 10-kilometre radius is the quarantine area where we will do surveillance to ensure the area is free from bird flu," said Mustapa Abdul Jalil, acting director general of the Veterinary Services Department. (Channelnewsasia.com)
NEWSWEEK COVER: Cheney's Secret World Behind The Shooting Furor Feb 20, 2006
While Whittington went off with his dog and his guides to find the dead birds, Cheney and Pam Willeford, the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and another major GOP donor, went ahead to look for another covey of birds. Cheney spotted a bird flying behind him, swung around with his Italian-made 28-gauge shotgun toward the setting sun, and pulled the trigger. (PR Newswire)
Mass cull under way as India battles bird flu Feb 20, 2006
He said other dead birds were sold off at markets for 15 rupees a kilogram (2. 2 pounds), a fifth of the normal price over the last fortnight. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Bird flu reaches India, claims Indonesia victim Feb 19, 2006
Denmark, which has so far not recorded any cases of H5N1, said on Saturday tests on 17 dead birds proved negative. Results of tests on more dead birds are expected on Tuesday. (AlertNet)
Bird flu spreads to France and Iran Feb 19, 2006
At the same time it has been detected in 28 more dead birds on a German island where 13 were found earlier this week, the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Pomerania's agriculture minister, Till Backhaus, said. German Agriculture Minister Horst Seehofer warned on Friday that about 80 birds in all had been tested for avian influenza and more positive results could be expected. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Roundup: First cases of H5N1 bird flu reported in Egypt Feb 18, 2006
Dead birds found in different regions of have tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of , the first such cases in the country, the Egyptian government and a regional official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday ... The official Arabic Nile News TV reported that about 18 dead birds, found in Cairo, Giza, Menya and Qena, had been tested positive for the disease ... Xinhua correspondents on Friday saw dead birds floating on the Nile river in Cairo's southern district of Maadi.... (People's Daily Online, China)
Germany probably had bird flu for months-minister Feb 16, 2006
BERLIN, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Germany probably had avian flu for some months before tests earlier this week confirmed that dead birds had carried the virus, a state agricultural minister said in a TV interview on Thursday. Till Backhaus, from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern where the birds were found, said the affected mute swans were not migratory and tended to stick to one area. (AlertNet)
Update 2: EU Experts Boost Bird Flu Plan Feb 16, 2006
Tests were being conducted on the dead birds, veterinary officials said, urging farmers to keep their poultry indoors. A formal ban was expected within days. (Forbes)
Europe urges calm as bird flu spreads further Feb 16, 2006
Further north, a number of dead birds, including swans, were found across Denmark on Tuesday and Wednesday. As the EU scrambles, some underline that there is basically little it can do to prevent the disease arriving. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Hong Kong ban on home poultry comes into force Feb 13, 2006
The dead birds have raised concerns that the virus, which first mutated into a form lethal to humans in Hong Kong in 1997, may have regained a foothold in the former British colony. Experts believe it is being spread worldwide by wild migratory birds, who also infect economically vital poultry flocks. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Azerbaijan says H5N1 virus found in dead birds Feb 10, 2006 Suspected case of man in Romania with bird flu proves false Jan 14, 2006
BAKU - The H5N1 bird flu virus that can be lethal to humans has been detected in dead birds found on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's health ministry announced Friday. "The results from tests on wild birds showed the presence of the H5N1 bird flu virus," the ministry said in a statement. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Hong Kong scours markets and farms after bird flu scare Jan 20, 2006
The inspectors also searched nearby hillsides for bodies of dead birds, and tightened checks at chicken farms in the territory and the city's famous bird market where magpie robins are sold ... He called for calm from citizens, stressing it was the first time the virus had been discovered after 9,000 samples were collected from dead birds in 2005. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Samples have been taken from the dead birds and will be sent to a laboratory to be tested. If the presence of the virus is confirmed, the city's animal health committee will meet and establish a set of measures. (Bucharest Daily News)
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