is free of the H5NI virus that causes the bird flu : India’s Animal Husbandry Department (India Daily) India is free of the H5NI virus that causes the bird flu, an official from India's Animal Husbandry Department said Aug. 14, media reported. Outbreaks of avian influenza from February to April prompted the killing of more than 1 million birds along with the testing and monitoring of humans. [News Source]

Two wild swans have bird flu virus, but not the virus (USA Today) Federal officials say the discovery of a bird flu virus in two wild swans in southeastern Michigan poses no threat to public health or the poultry industry. Tests results released on Monday found H5 and N1 subtypes in the birds, but not the highly pathogenic avian influenza that is in other parts of the world. [News Source]

US officials find birds infected with harmless bird flu strain (AFP via Yahoo! News) US officials announced that two wild swans have been found carrying a strain of the avian flu virus, although not the potentially lethal type that has caused human death and illness in Asia, Africa and Europe. [News Source]

Liberia: Gov’t Raises Concern On the Discovery of Bird Flu in Ivory Coast (AllAfrica.com) The recent discovery of the Avian Influenza or "Bird Flu" in the Ivory Coast has brought the government of Liberia under trepidation. [News Source]

Bird Flu Found in U.S. Not Lethal, Early Tests Show (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Two Michigan birds found to be infected with bird flu don't have the lethal form spreading elsewhere in the world, U.S. officials said today. [News Source]

India conquers avian flu with controls and vaccine (New Kerala) By Lola Nayar and Jatindra Dash: No chicken, no eggs and at least 133 people dead of avian flu that can spread from chickens to humans... the disaster scenario of disease striking the very heart of kitchens came true in 10 Asian countries, but India is finally free of it with stringent controls and a home grown vaccine that can kill the virus. [News Source]

Dead owls spark bird flu scare at Dutch zoo. Two owls found dead at the Rotterdam zoo may have been infected with the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus that has killed nearly 140 people, the Dutch agriculture ministry said late on Saturday. [News Source]

Cambodian village monitored for bird flu. A Cambodian village where 1,200 ducks dropped dead in a new outbreak of bird flu will be closely monitored for 30 days to prevent the disease from spreading, an official said Sunday. [News Source]

Cambodia confirms new bird flu outbreak. Cambodia has suffered its second outbreak of bird flu this year in the same province where the H5N1 virus killed a boy in April, officials said on Saturday. [News Source]

Suspected case of H5N1 bird flu in Rotterdam Zoo. Two young owls which died in a zoo in Rotterdam are suspected of having the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Dutch farm ministry said late on Saturday. [News Source]

India says it is bird flu free; no case since April (Khaleej Times) NEW DELHI - India declared itself free of bird flu after nearly four months of reporting no cases of avian influenza in poultry, a senior animal husbandry official said on Monday. [News Source]

India says it is bird flu free; no case since April (Khaleej Times) NEW DELHI - India declared itself free of bird flu after nearly four months of reporting no cases of avian influenza in poultry, a senior animal husbandry official said on Monday. [News Source]