Bird flu may return this year for seasonal, cool-weather outbreak (Việt Nam News) HA NOI — Bird flu was likely to return to Viet Nam beginning in November, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat in a meeting on avian flu control and prevention in Ha Noi this week. [News Source]

Nigeria: Bird Flu – FG Releases N3.8m to Adamawa Victims (AllAfrica.com) The Federal Ministry of Agriculture has released N3.8 million to poultry farmers who were affected by the Avian influenza outbreak in Adamawa state. Alhaji Tijjani Maksha, Kano State Commissioner for Livestock and Nomadic Settlement, disclosed this yesterday in Yola. [News Source]