Averting bird flu threat (Barbados Advocate) THE Barbados Agricultural sector has much to be proud of, according to Veterinary Officer, Dr. Rosina Maitland, who spoke to the Barbados Advocate yesterday to discuss the ongoing measures in place to prevent any threat of Avian influenza, more commonly known as Bird Flu , occurring on Barbadian soil. [News Source]

UK, Hungarian bird flu ‘identical’ (CNN.com) LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Tests on H5N1 bird flu viruses found in Britain and Hungary showed they are "essentially identical" and the most likely transmission route was from poultry to poultry, Britain said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Diplomatic row over raw meat shipped from Matthews plant to Continent. Six lorryloads of turkey meat sent to Hungary last week from the Bernard Matthews plant at the centre of the avian flu outbreak were raw and may have returned the H5N1 virus to Central Europe. [News Source]

Turkey plant to resume production. Europe's largest turkey producer, Bernard Matthews, will reopen the turkey slaughter house on Tuesday that was shut down after a bird flu outbreak. [News Source]

Refusing to share samples may cause a vaccine delay. The drugs conglomerate GlaxoSmithKline attacked the Indonesian Government yesterday for refusing to supply bird flu samples that would allow it to develop a human vaccine for the virus. [News Source]

Accidental find alerted bird flu inspectors to suspect turkey imports. Britain was preparing last night to send a team of vets to Hungary to help pinpoint the source of the Bernard Matthews bird flu outbreak, as it emerged that inspectors only found out about the suspect turkey imports by accident. [News Source]

Come clean call to bird-flu ministers. A Welsh farmers' leader has accused the UK Government of frightening double standards over the way it is handling the bird flu outbreak at the Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk. [News Source]

UK bird flu not from Hungary. Turkey meat from a plant near the site of a Hungarian bird flu outbreak was sold to various parts of Europe besides Britain, but cannot have transmitted the virus, Hungary's Agriculture Ministry said on Monday. [News Source]

Study suggests possible bird flu immunity. Could some people have a little immunity to the H5N1 bird flu virus? One study in mice published on Monday suggests it is, in theory, possible. [News Source]

UK bird flu outbreak - who dunnit? The H5N1 bird flu was found in a turkey production plant with active biosecurity measures. How did it get in and where did it come from? [News Source]

Exposure to seasonal flu, maybe flu shot, may help protect against bird flu. Coming down with the flu — or having annual flu shots — might help people build up some immunity to the H5N1 avian strain that experts fear may trigger a pandemic. [News Source]

Bird flu is linked to global trade in poultry. Most of the scattered bird flu outbreaks so far this year probably can be traced to illegal or improper trade in poultry. [News Source]