Centre clears Rs 134 crore to fight avian influenza for next 3 years (PharmaBiz) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has sanctioned Rs 134.78 crore for the next three years from 2007-2008 for the scheme "Preparedness, Control and Containment of Avian Influenza (AI) (Animal Health Component)". [News Source]

Markets (April 13) (The Hindu) Bird-flu preparedness scheme cleared The Government has approved the "Preparedness, Control and Containment of Avian Influenza (AI) (Animal Health Component)" scheme, which has been allocated Rs 134.78 crore for the next three years, starting from March 2007-08. The ... [News Source]

Kuwait chicken sales down 40 pct since bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News) Sales of chicken in Kuwait have dropped by around 40 percent since an outbreak of bird flu was announced in February, the official KUNA news agency said on Friday. [News Source]

World Bank funds new bird flu plan (Viet Nam News) HA NOI — The World Bank will fund US$20 million of a three-year, $38 million project aimed to improve control of bird flu and better prepare for a possible epidemic among the human population in Viet Nam, under a financing agreement signed yesterday in Ha Noi between the State Bank of Viet Nam and the World Bank. [News Source]

Poisoned food prompts tougher checks. Hong Kong's government Thursday said it will introduce laws to toughen food checks after environmentalists found yet more vegetables contaminated with banned poisons. [News Source]

Govt alerts on bird flu (Chennai Online) New Delhi, April 13: Government today asked states bordering countries that have reported incidents of bird flu to be vigilant, while declaring that no cases of avian influenza has been reported in India since August last year. [News Source]

Kuwait chicken sales down 40 pct since bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News) Sales of chicken in Kuwait have dropped by around 40 percent since an outbreak of bird flu was announced in February, the official KUNA news agency said on Friday. [News Source]

Bird flu in Cambodia (Meat News) CAMBODIA: More that 1,000 birds destroyed in new outbreak of avian influenza. A new case of bird flu has been reported in Cambodia in which more than 1,000 birds have either died or been destroyed. [News Source]

Dutch let poultry outdoors as bird flu fears ease (AlertNet) Source: Reuters AMSTERDAM, April 13 (Reuters) - The Dutch Agriculture Ministry will lift an order on April 15 to keep commercial poultry indoors, which was introduced to prevent a possible bird flu spread, the ... [News Source]