Game Commission News: PGC reports avian influenza info on website (The Sentinel) As hunters prepare for waterfowl and migratory game bird seasons, the Pennsylvania Game Commission urges hunters to review information posted on its website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) about avian influenza and wild birds. The information can be accessed by selecting “Avian Influenza” in the “Quick Clicks” box in the upper right corner of the agency s homepage. [News Source]

Avian flu focus shifts to humans (The Telegraph) July 27: Manipur today shifted the focus of its campaign against bird flu to the human population within a 5-km radius of the poultry farm struck by the deadly H5N1 avian virus. [News Source]

Bird flu in Manipur has no Capital impact as prices remain stable (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) Agriculture and Marketing Board not taking chances, keeps doctor on standby at Ghazipur mandi to keep check on birds before slaughter DESPITE the avian flu outbreak in Manipur, Chicken leg pieces still ruled food outlets in Delhi, and there has been no fall in rates at the Ghazipur mandi. The Delhi Agriculture and Marketing Board (DAMB), however, doesn't want to take chances. "A doctor has been ... [News Source]

Bird flu: India culls tens of thousands of poultry (Night Lead) (Calcutta News) Imphal/Authorities in Manipur culled tens of thousands of poultry after the outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in the northeastern state bordering Myanmar. Two other states - Orissa and Rajasthan - also sounded alerts Friday as a precautionary measure. [News Source]

Bird flu: India culls tens of thousands of poultry (IANS via Yahoo! India News) Imphal/New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Authorities in Manipur culled tens of thousands of poultry after the outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in the northeastern state bordering Myanmar. Two other states - Orissa and Rajasthan - also sounded alerts Friday as a precautionary measure. [News Source]

Bird Flu: Northeast on alert (rediff.com) Neighbouring states in the region have taken steps against possible out break of bird flu in the wake of developments in Manipur. [News Source]

India confirms bird flu outbreak is H5N1 strain. India confirmed on Thursday that the latest outbreak of bird flu in poultry in the remote northeast was the H5N1 strain, the first case reported in the populous Asian nation in a year. [News Source]

India working to contain bird flu outbreak. Health workers in India's remote northeast went house-to-house searching for sick people Thursday, while workers also began slaughtering 150,000 chickens near a farm where a deadly bird flu virus was found, officials said. [News Source]

India kills fowl in bird flu fight (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News) Thousands of chickens have been killed while medical staff checked people to contain an outbreak of bird flu in poultry in India. [News Source]

India kills fowls, checks people in bird flu fight (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Veterinary workers in protective clothing broke the necks of thousands of chickens on Friday while medical staff checked people for flu symptoms to contain an outbreak of bird flu in poultry in country's northeast. [News Source]

Mass culling at India bird flu farm (AFP via Yahoo! News) Indian authorities continued to cull tens of thousands of chickens in the country's remote northeast after the government reported an outbreak of bird flu. [News Source]

Game Commission News: PGC reports avian influenza info on website (The Sentinel) As hunters prepare for waterfowl and migratory game bird seasons, the Pennsylvania Game Commission urges hunters to review information posted on its website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) about avian influenza and wild birds. The information can be accessed by selecting “Avian Influenza” in the “Quick Clicks” box in the upper right corner of the agency s homepage. [News Source]