Tuesday July 10th 2007, 9:27 am
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - State officials are canceling public events and sales involving live poultry in the Shenandoah Valley to prevent the spread of a possible avian flu outbreak.
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State Reacts To Bird Flu (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
Avian Flu Found in Va. Turkeys (Washington Post)
Tuesday July 10th 2007, 8:24 am
HARRISONBURG, Va. -- More than 50,000 turkeys on a farm west of Mount Jackson tested positive for avian flu antibodies, prompting additional testing and surveillance at area poultry farms, officials said.
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Egypt bans French, German poultry after bird flu cases (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday July 10th 2007, 7:44 am
Egypt on Tuesday banned all poultry imports from France and Germany after the potentially fatal H5N1 strain of bird flu was discovered in birds there.
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Japan bans German poultry imports due to bird flu (Sharewatch)
Tuesday July 10th 2007, 5:56 am
TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Japan has banned imports of German poultry for at least 90 days due to a bird flu scare, a farm ministry official said Tuesday.
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Pigeon racing from France is banned after bird flu found (Belfast Telegraph)
Tuesday July 10th 2007, 2:55 am
Ulster authorities have banned pigeon racing from France following the discovery of bird flu in wild birds in the east of the country.
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