Avian flu outbreak might cancel state fair’s live fowl exhibit (Shelbyville Daily Union) By Mannix Porterfield THE REGISTER-HERALD (BECKLEY, W.V.) BECKLEY, W.V. — Children flocking to the poultry exhibit at the West Virginia State Fair next month might find it devoid of any live fowl, courtesy of a scare generated by an avian flu outbreak in Virginia. [News Source]

Avian flu outbreak might cancel state fair’s live fowl exhibit (Shelbyville Daily Union) By Mannix Porterfield THE REGISTER-HERALD (BECKLEY, W.V.) BECKLEY, W.V. — Children flocking to the poultry exhibit at the West Virginia State Fair next month might find it devoid of any live fowl, courtesy of a scare generated by an avian flu outbreak in Virginia. [News Source]

Five states vying for germ lab. The federal government has selected sites in five states as finalists for a $450 million national lab where killer germs like anthrax, avian flu and foot-and-mouth disease will be studied, members of Congress said Wednesday. [News Source]

Va. Turkeys Don’t Have Deadly Avian Flu, Feds Say (Fox News) The Agriculture Department has said that the strain of avian flu contracted by Virginia turkeys is not the deadly strain. [News Source]

One more province has bird flu (vietnam net) VietNamNet Bridge – The Veterinary Agency on July 11 verified one more province, Dien Bien, with avian influenza. [News Source]

USDA: Turkeys in Virginia Don’t Show Signs of Highly Deadly Strain of Avian Flu (Washington Post) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Turkeys at a farm in Virginia do not appear to have been exposed to the highly deadly strain of avian flu seen in other parts of the world, the Agriculture Department said Wednesday. [News Source]