Latest Bird Flu News

India bird flu free, says world body (The Times of India)
Monday November 19th 2007, 5:35 pm

NEW DELHI: India is finally a bird flu free country. The France-based World Organisation of Animal Health (OIE) officially sent the communication to India's department of animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries under the agriculture ministry on November 8. [News Source]

UK Bird Flu Update: H5N1 Confirmed At 2nd Premises (Scoop.co.nz)
Monday November 19th 2007, 4:59 pm

Laboratory test results have today confirmed H5N1 Avian Influenza in turkeys at one of the Dangerous Contact premises. These premises were confirmed as a Dangerous Contact, and placed under restriction, on 14th November. Culling was completed on 17th November. [News Source]

Britain confirms second outbreak of bird flu (TODAYonline)
Monday November 19th 2007, 12:59 pm

Poultry carcasses are loaded onto a lorry for transportation at Redgrave Park Farm in Suffolk, 14 November 2007. Britain confirmed a second outbreak of potentially lethal bird flu, after a farm in eastern England was found to be infected last week. [News Source]

H5N1 avian flu confirmed on second farm on Norfolk/Suffolk border FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
Monday November 19th 2007, 12:29 pm

DEFRA has today (Monday 19 November) confirmed a second case of avian flu on a premises near Thetford on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus has been identified on Hill Meadow farm, one of the four farms culled as ‘dangerous contacts’ to the initial case at Redgrave Farm, near Diss , last week. [News Source]

Britain confirms second outbreak of bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Monday November 19th 2007, 12:15 pm

Britain confirmed a second outbreak of potentially lethal bird flu on Monday, after a farm in eastern England was found to be infected last week. [News Source]

Avian flu confirmed on second farm on Norfolk/Suffolk border FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
Monday November 19th 2007, 12:13 pm

DEFRA has today (Monday 19 November) confirmed a second case of avian flu on a premises near Thetford on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus has been identified on one of the four farms culled as ‘dangerous contacts’ to the initial case at Redgrave Farm, near Diss , last week. [News Source]

 Avian Influenza update: H5N1 confirmed at second premises (Government News Network)
Monday November 19th 2007, 11:25 am

Laboratory test results have today confirmed H5N1 Avian Influenza in turkeys at one of the Dangerous Contact premises. These premises were confirmed as a Dangerous Contact, and placed under restriction, on 14th November. Culling was completed on 17th November. [News Source]

 Avian Influenza update: H5N1 confirmed at second premises (Government News Network)
Monday November 19th 2007, 11:25 am

Laboratory test results have today confirmed H5N1 Avian Influenza in turkeys at one of the Dangerous Contact premises. These premises were confirmed as a Dangerous Contact, and placed under restriction, on 14th November. Culling was completed on 17th November. [News Source]

DEFRA completes precautionary avian flu culls FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
Monday November 19th 2007, 9:13 am

DEFRA vets have completed the precautionary cull on four units managed by Redgrave Poultry, the same company that manages the unit at the centre of the current H5N1 avian flu outbreak near Diss. [News Source]

British bird flu outbreak now under control (News-Medical-Net)
Monday November 19th 2007, 4:35 am

The cull involved four premises identified as having had dangerous contact with Redgrave Park Farm, near Diss, where the potentially lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza was confirmed last week. [News Source]

Bird flu culling round ends (Gulf Times)
Monday November 19th 2007, 12:39 am

LONDON: Officials have completed a cull aimed at stopping a bird flu outbreak in eastern England from spreading, the environment ministry said yesterday. [News Source]