Critics hope egg ranch does not hatch. Though it hasn't yet been given the final go-ahead, a proposed egg ranch near Lathrop already has ruffled quite a few feathers. [News Source]

Likely low-path bird flu found in W. Virginia: USDA (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Turkeys at a farm in West Virginia have tested positive for what government officials believe is a low-pathogenic strain of the bird flu virus, the U.S. Agriculture Department said late on Sunday. [News Source]

Bird flu may spread from Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria: FAO (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu may spread from Indonesia, Egypt and Nigeria to other countries as it continues to circulate in Africa and Asia, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday. [News Source]

Likely low-path bird flu found in W. Virginia: USDA (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Turkeys at a farm in West Virginia have tested positive for what government officials believe is a low-pathogenic strain of the bird flu virus, the U.S. Agriculture Department said late on Sunday. [News Source]

Bird flu may spread from Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria: FAO (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu may spread from Indonesia, Egypt and Nigeria to other countries as it continues to circulate in Africa and Asia, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday. [News Source]

Myanmar reports new bird flu outbreak (USA Today) Myanmar reported a new outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on Monday, the country's fifth bout with the deadly virus strain in as many weeks. [News Source]

WHO, ASEAN, Japan hold human bird-flu pandemic drill (EARTHtimes.org) Manila- Health experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), Southeast Asian countries and Japan held a drill Monday to simulate a human bird-flu pandemic and assess efforts to contain the outbreak. The exercise, dubbed PANSTOP 2007, involved a m... [News Source]

Asia practises bird flu response (AFP via Yahoo! News) Over 1,000 experts from Southeast Asia, Japan and the World Health Organisation took part Monday in an exercise to sharpen response to any future bird flu pandemic. [News Source]

Myanmar slaughters birds amid new avian flu fears (AFP via Yahoo! News) Military-run Myanmar slaughtered thousands of fowl last week amid fears the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was spreading in the nation's biggest city, Yangon, state media said Monday. [News Source]