Six cases of H5N1 bird flu confirmed in Germany (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) BERLIN (AFP) - Six wild birds in Germany have died of the feared H5N1 strain of bird flu, a German institute said on Sunday. Six out of a total of 14 birds tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the virus, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute said. [News Source]

Response to bird ‘flu outbreak – simulation (Scoop.co.nz) At least 16 species of native bird could be affected by avian influenza, if the disease were to enter New Zealand, the Department of Conservation says. [News Source]

Six cases of H5N1 bird flu confirmed in Germany (AFP via Yahoo! News) Six wild birds in Germany have died of the feared H5N1 strain of bird flu, a German institute said on Sunday. [News Source]

India strengthens defence against bird flu virus (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) Alarmed at the increasing outbreaks of bird flu in Bangladesh and Pakistan, the Indian Government has intensified its surveillance along borders and will set up six biosafety laboratories (BSL-3) in the country to strengthen its defence against the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus. Since the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has termed the bird flu situation in Bangladesh ... [News Source]

Three cases of H5N1 bird flu confirmed in Germany (AFP via Yahoo! News) Three wild birds in Germany have died of the feared H5N1 strain of bird flu, a health official in Nuremberg in southern Germany said on Sunday. [News Source]

Deadly bird flu strain resurfaces in Germany (Stuff) The deadly strain of the bird flu virus has resurfaced in Germany in the bodies of at least three dead birds found in the state of Bavaria, Germany's first confirmed cases this year, officials said. [News Source]

Bird flu surfaces in Germany (The Globe and Mail) The bodies of at least three dead birds in Barvaria contain bird flu [News Source]

Three cases of H5N1 bird flu confirmed in Germany (Channel NewsAsia) BERLIN : Three wild birds in Germany have died of the feared H5N1 strain of bird flu, a health official in Nuremberg in southern Germany said on Sunday. [News Source]

Bird flu resurfaces in Germany: city officials (Antara News) The southern German city of Nuremberg said on Sunday that the bird flu virus had been discovered in the bodies of eight dead birds found in the state of Bavaria, Germany`s first confirmed cases this year. [News Source]

Deadly bird flu strain resurfaces in Germany (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) BERLIN (Reuters) - The deadly strain of the bird flu virus has resurfaced in Germany in the bodies of at least three dead birds found in the state of Bavaria, Germany's first confirmed cases this year, officials said on Sunday. [News Source]

Deadly bird flu strain resurfaces in Germany (AlertNet) Source: Reuters (Adds new statement from Nuremberg, details) By Louis Charbonneau BERLIN, June 24 (Reuters) - The deadly strain of the bird flu virus has resurfaced in Germany in the bodies of at least three dead ... [News Source]

New bird flu fears in southern Germany (EARTHtimes.org) Nuremberg, Germany - Scientists were Sunday examining the remains of eight birds feared to have contracted avian influenza in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg. Officials set up a four-kilometres exclusion zone around two lakes where the wild swans, gee... [News Source]