Latest Bird Flu News

UK Confirms Avian Influenza In Free-Range Turkey (CattleNetwork.com)
Tuesday November 20th 2007, 8:10 pm

On Tuesday, November 13, 2007, the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) confirmed highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (AI) H5N1 in a UK free range turkey flock on the Norfolk/Suffolk county border, 75 miles from London and in the heart of the UK’s main poultry producing region. [News Source]

Shoura Calls for Quick Steps to Contain Bird Flu (Arab News)
Tuesday November 20th 2007, 7:15 pm

JEDDAH, 21 November 2007 — The Shoura Council has urged the health and agriculture ministries to take quick measures to eradicate bird flu in the Kingdom and keep the public updated about the deadly virus. [News Source]

Shoura Calls for Quick Steps to Contain Bird Flu (Arab News)
Tuesday November 20th 2007, 7:13 pm

JEDDAH, 21 November 2007 — The Shoura Council has urged the health and agriculture ministries to take quick measures to eradicate bird flu in the Kingdom and keep the public updated about the deadly virus. [News Source]

Inviragen Receives $600,000 Grant to Develop Avian Influenza Vaccines (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tuesday November 20th 2007, 4:41 pm

FORT COLLINS, Colo. & MADISON, Wisc.----Inviragen has received a Small Business Technology Transfer award from the National Institutes of Health to support its collaboration with the University of Wisconsin to develop a safe and effective avian influenza vaccine. [News Source]

Culled turkeys test negative for bird flu (Daily Telegraph)
Tuesday November 20th 2007, 1:17 pm

Thousands of turkeys have been culled at two farms in Norfolk in vain after it was announced that they tested negative for bird flu. [News Source]

Indonesia and U.S. square off at bird flu talks (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday November 20th 2007, 11:44 am

Indonesia on Tuesday called for countries who share bird flu virus samples to have full control of their use and access to vaccines developed from them, but the United States ruled out any automatic reward for sharing. [News Source]

Bird flu is found at second farm.
Tuesday November 20th 2007, 11:00 am

A second case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in turkeys in a farm on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said yesterday. [News Source]

UK confirms deadly bird flu on second farm.
Tuesday November 20th 2007, 11:00 am

The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to a second poultry farm in Britain in a fresh blow to a farm sector reeling from recent outbreaks of foot and mouth disease and Bluetongue. [News Source]

Second bird flu outbreak in East Anglia.
Tuesday November 20th 2007, 11:00 am

A second case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been confirmed on the Norfolk-Suffolk border, it was announced today. [News Source]

WHO urges global sharing of bird flu data to avert pandemic (TODAYonline)
Tuesday November 20th 2007, 10:59 am

Indonesian agricultural officials spray disinfectant on chicken cages at a bird market in Denpasar. The World Health Organisation (WHO) called on its 193 member countries to share information about strains of the deadly bird flu virus, warning a pandemic could go worldwide "within months". [News Source]

WHO urges global sharing of bird flu data to avert pandemic (Sharewatch)
Tuesday November 20th 2007, 10:42 am

GENEVA (Thomson Financial) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) called on its 193 member countries today to share information about strains of the deadly bird flu virus, warning a pandemic could go worldwide "within months". [News Source]

WHO urges global sharing of bird flu data to avert pandemic (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday November 20th 2007, 10:28 am

The World Health Organisation (WHO) called on its 193 member countries Tuesday to share information about strains of the deadly bird flu virus, warning a pandemic could go worldwide "within months". [News Source]