Bird Flu Outbreaks In Bangladesh (Scoop.co.nz) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that the bird flu situation in Bangladesh remains serious and called for action to get it under control. [News Source]

Surrounded by bird flu-affected countries, India on high alert (The Hindu) FAO terms bird flu situation in Bangladesh "serious" [News Source]

Bird flu outbreaks in Bangladesh serious: FAO (IANS via Yahoo! India News) Rome, May 21 (DPA) Terming the bird flu situation in Bangladesh serious , the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Monday urged the country to engage in long-term strategic campaigns designed to control the spread of avian influenza. [News Source]

Bird flu ‘huge challenge’ in Bangladesh: FAO (AFP via Yahoo! News) Bangladesh needs to step up its fight against bird flu, which is posing a "huge challenge" in the densely populated country, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said Monday. [News Source]

Bird flu strain infecting fewer wild birds – OIE (AlertNet) Source: Reuters PARIS, May 21 (Reuters) - The H5N1 strain of bird flu is infecting ever fewer wild birds, indicating it may be dying out in the wild though not in domestic birds, the World Organisation of Animal ... [News Source]

Poultry infection in Hunan confirmed. The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed over the weekend an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus among poultry in the central province of Hunan, but said there were no cases of human infection. [News Source]

UK tests could miss bird flu in migratory birds. Discrepancies between levels of flu recorded in British birds and those elsewhere in Europe have surfaced yet again as new findings raise concerns about whether British tests would pick up H5N1 bird flu if migratory wild birds carried it into the country. [News Source]

70 pct distrust China food exports. Seven out of 10 Hong Kong people lack confidence in cross-border food controls following a series of health scares over food from China, according to a survey published Monday. [News Source]

Countries succeeding against avian influenza: OIE (Meat News) FRANCE: Today, most countries overcome avian influenza outbreaks when they occur. Fifty-nine countries have reported outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza from 2003 to date. [News Source]

FAO terms bird flu outbreaks in Bangladesh ’serious’ (EARTHtimes.org) Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday urged Bangladesh to engage in long-term strategic campaigns designed to control the spread of Avian Influenza, saying the bird flu situation in the country remained serious . Bangladesh ... [News Source]

FAO urges long-term bird flu strategy in Bangladesh (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) MILAN (Reuters) - Bangladesh needs a long-term strategy to control the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Monday. [News Source]

Bird flu ‘huge challenge’ in Bangladesh: FAO (TurkishPress.com) ROME - Bangladesh needs to step up its fight against bird flu, which is posing a "huge challenge" in the densely populated country, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said Monday. [News Source]