Avian Flu (Bird Flu) Ruled Out, but Duck Deaths Still a Mystery (SYS-CON Media) The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has toldthe Metro Wastewater Reclamation District that avian flu (bird flu) hasbeen ruled out as the cause of death of about 375 ducks at Metro'streatment plant since early January. [News Source]

Avian Flu (Bird Flu) Ruled Out, but Duck Deaths Still a Mystery (RedNova) The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has told the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District that avian flu (bird flu) has been ruled out as the cause of death of about 375 ducks at Metro's treatment plant since early January. [News Source]

Asia faces long fight against bird flu: UN official (AFP via Yahoo! News) Significantly reducing the risk of deadly bird flu in Southeast Asia, the region hardest hit by the virus, could take up to a decade, the UN official heading the global fight against avian influenza said. [News Source]

Government defends bird flu response. The environment minister, Ben Bradshaw, today denied the government had been slow in responding to the Suffolk bird flu outbreak. [News Source]

Mystery deepens over cause of Suffolk bird flu outbreak. The government was last night investigating possible links between the discovery of H5N1 avian bird flu at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Suffolk and recent outbreaks of the disease in Hungary. [News Source]

H5N1 strain claims first human victim in Africa. The first human death from avian flu in west Africa was confirmed at the weekend in what experts said was a much more serious development than the spread of the virus to a turkey farm in Suffolk. [News Source]

Masterplan on bird flu was promised weeks ago. Ministers have missed their own deadline for updating and improving Britain's contingency plans for dealing with a flu pandemic. [News Source]

Bird flu: it’s here to stay. The deadliest strain of bird flu is believed to be present in the wild bird population and is the likeliest cause of Britain's biggest outbreak, scientists said yesterday. [News Source]

Call to vaccinate all flocks as vets race to contain bird flu outbreak. Vaccination of all poultry flocks in Europe against avian flu should be considered in the wake of the outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus on a turkey farm in Suffolk. [News Source]

European poultry farmers watch for flu. Poultry farmers around Europe were on guard Monday against the possible spread of bird flu across the North Sea from infected Britain, fearing the disease could be carried by wild birds. [News Source]

Poultry turned to pulp as workers switch sites. It was business as usual this morning for John, a broad-shouldered slaughterman whose job it is to collect thousands of dead turkeys each day from the floor of a gas chamber, slit their throats, and hang them on a rack to bleed. [News Source]

Government moves to prevent bird flu panic. The Government today insisted it is still safe to eat turkey and chicken despite an outbreak of the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Britain. [News Source]