Germany to enforce buffer zone around bird flu farm (AFP via Yahoo! News) The European Commission and Germany on Monday agreed to implement a 15-kilometre (10-mile) buffer zone around a Bavarian farm after the discovery of the highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu, an EU spokesman said. [News Source]

Poultry worker dies of bird flu in Bali (UPI) Indonesian health officials say a 28-year-old woman has died of H5N1 avian influenza in Bali. [News Source]

Vietnam reports new bird flu outbreak (TODAYonline) A farmer transporting cages of live chickens makes his way to a local market in the northern province of Hung Yen, in June. Bird flu has spread to another Vietnamese province, with an H5N1 outbreak hitting a flock of young ducks on a Mekong Delta farm, the animal health department in Hanoi said Monday. [News Source]

Vietnam reports new bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News) Bird flu has spread to another Vietnamese province, with an H5N1 outbreak hitting a flock of young ducks on a Mekong Delta farm, the animal health department in Hanoi said Monday. [News Source]

WHO urges effort to fight fast-spreading new diseases. New infectious diseases are emerging at an “unprecedented rate,” and far greater human mobility — by planes, trains and ships — means that diseases have the potential to spread rapidly across the globe, a World Health Organization report warns. [News Source]

Is climate change bringing Vermont more bugs? Scientists can report with certainty the appearance of new and more numerous insects statewide. [News Source]

Germany culls 160 000 geese. German health officials slaughtered 160 000 geese over the weekend after the deadly H5N1 bird-flu virus was found in a poultry farm near the southern city of Erlangen. [News Source]

Demand for broilers in Bali plunges due AI outbreak (Antara News) Demand for broilers in Bali has plunged by up to 50 percent to around 50,000 from 300,000 a day since bird flu (Avian Influenza/AI) outbreaks occurred in the resort island a few days ago, an industry spokesman said. [News Source]

Ducks Died Of H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Strain In German Farm (Medical News Today) Authorities have confirmed that the dead ducks at a poultry farm in Wachenroth, Bavaria's Erlangen-Hoechstadt area, Southern Germany, about 120 miles north of Munich, were infected with the virulent H5N1 avian influenza virus strain. Over 400 ducks died in the farm over a short period. Tests carried out at the Friedrich Loeffler Institute of Veterinary Medicine identified the H5N1 virus strain. ... [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]

Bird flu hits Germany, 160,000 geese slaughtered (News-Medical-Net) Following an outbreak of bird flu at a farm in southern Germany 160,000 geese have been slaughtered and a three-kilometer exclusion zone has been set up around the farm. [News Source]

Bird flu returns to two additional provinces (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge – After a quiet period of time, avian influenza has broken out again in the southern province of Dong Thap and the northern province of Thai Nguyen, reported the Veterinary Agency. [News Source]