Latest Bird Flu News

Migratory birds dropped dead, Avian flu worries remain (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News)
Saturday April 14th 2007, 7:26 pm

Carcasses sent to High Security Animal Disease Lab in Bhopal, report on Northern Shovellers next month It will be another month before the Bombay Veterinary College officially confirms if bird flu virus did exist in the migratory birds that dropped dead from the skies in Santa Cruz in March this year. But worries remain. Confirming that a few of the carcasses were sent to the High Security Animal ... [News Source]

Bird flu kills Cambodian girl (UPI)
Saturday April 14th 2007, 1:34 pm

A new outbreak of bird flu has killed a teenage girl in Cambodia. The girl, 13, died in the Kampong Cham province bordering Vietnam where cases of bird flu have surged again in recent months, the news service Xinhua reported Saturday. [News Source]

Cambodia confirms new bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday April 14th 2007, 3:24 am

Cambodia on Saturday confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu among poultry a little more than a week after a 13-year-old girl died of the deadly H5N1 virus. [News Source]