Mayor orders intensified anti-avian flu drive (Sun Star) MAYOR Celso Lobregat has created the Zamboanga City Avian Influenza Prevention and Control Committee, a group tasked to set up mechanisms to prevent and control the spread of avian flu. [News Source]

Low-risk bird flu at Virginia turkey farm but not spreading (AlertNet) Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - Laboratory tests confirmed a strain of low-risk bird flu at a turkey farm in Virginia but there is no evidence of it spreading, the U.S. Agriculture Department's chief ... [News Source]

Low-risk bird flu at Virgina turkey farm but not spreading: USDA (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Laboratory tests confirmed a strain of low-risk bird flu at a turkey farm in Virginia but there is no evidence of it spreading, the U.S. Agriculture Department's chief veterinarian said on Tuesday. [News Source]

USDA Confirms Virginia Avian Flu Case (WRIC 8 News Richmond) HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - Federal officials have confirmed that the avian flu antibodies found in a turkey flock at a Shenandoah County farm is a mild strain. The tests were done performed at a national [News Source]

USDA confirms mild strain of avian flu in one turkey flock (WRIC 8 News Richmond) Associated Press - July 17, 2007 7:15 AM ET HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - Federal officials have confirmed that the avian flu antibodies found in a turkey flock at a Shenandoah County farm is a mild... [News Source]

USDA confirms mild strain of avian flu in one turkey flock (WAVY 10) HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - Federal officials have confirmed that the avian flu antibodies found in a turkey flock at a Shenandoah County farm is a mild strain. [News Source]

Bird flu antibodies found in migrant birds in Siberia (IANS via Yahoo! India News) Novosibirsk (Russia), July 17 (RIA Novosti) Scientists have discovered bird flu antibodies in migrant birds in five Siberian regions, a spokesman for a veterinary regulator said here Tuesday. [News Source]

Indonesian bird flu victim contracted virus indirectly (Antara News) A six-year-old Indonesian child who died of bird flu earlier this month apparently contracted the virus through indirect contact with infected poultry, a health ministry official said Tuesday. [News Source]

Bird flu antibodies found in migrant birds in Siberia (Budapest Business Journal) Experts have discovered bird flu antibodies in migrant birds in five Siberian regions, a spokesman for the local veterinary regulator said Tuesday. [News Source]

Bird flu antibodies found in migrant birds in Siberia (Russian Information Agency Novosti) NOVOSIBIRSK, July 17 (RIA Novosti) - Experts have discovered bird flu antibodies in migrant birds in five Siberian regions, a spokesman for the local veterinary regulator said Tuesday. [News Source]