Animal health crucial in bird flu battle: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Most governments are working quickly to attack avian flu when it pops up among birds but the virus is now entrenched in at least three countries, the United Nations and World Bank reported on Thursday. [News Source]

Animal health crucial in bird flu battle - report (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Most governments are working quickly to attack avian flu when it pops up among birds but the virus is now entrenched in at ... [News Source]

UK: Cause of Bird Flu Outbreaks Unknown (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The cause of two bird flu outbreaks that led to the slaughter of thousands of turkeys, ducks and geese in eastern England earlier this month remains unknown, Britain's environmental authority said Thursday. [News Source]

DEFRA: Avian flu contained but source inconclusive FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive) DEFRA’s first epidemiological report into the recent H5N1 avian flu outbreak in Suffolk, published today (29 November), indicates the outbreak has been confined to one index case, but fails to ‘categorically identify the source of the outbreak”. [News Source]

Flu cases ‘linked to wild birds’. The preliminary report into the latest outbreak of bird flu in Suffolk concludes that wild birds "may have been" the main source of infection. [News Source]

MIDDLE EAST: Anti-bird flu measures in wake of Saudi outbreak (AlertNet) Source: IRIN Most countries in the Middle East, especially those bordering Saudi Arabia, have taken measures to prevent bird flu after an outbreak of the disease there in early November. About four million birds have been culled in Saudi Arabia since 12 November, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. [News Source]

Avian flu: first epidemiological report published FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive) DEFRA has today published the initial epidemiology report into the H5N1 avian flu outbreak in Suffolk. [News Source]

Wild birds not ruled out as UK bird flu source (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Wild birds cannot be ruled out as the source of an outbreak of deadly H5N1 bird flu in England, although no evidence they are contaminated has been found, the farm ministry said on Thursday. [News Source]

 First Suffolk Avian Influenza epidemiology report published (Government News Network) Defra has today published the initial epidemiology report into the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Suffolk. [News Source]

Avian Flu Spikes Concern Over Online Sales of Medications (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) (PRWEB) November 29, 2007 -- For the past several months, avian influenza has dominated health headlines across the globe. A number of countries are reporting cases of avian influenza, commonly referred to as "bird flu", in their domestic and wild bird populations. In addition, there are confirmed cases of bird-to-human transmissions of avian influenza in the South East Asia region, many of ... [News Source]

Avian Flu Spikes Concern Over Online Sales of Medications (PRWeb) Recent concerns over avian influenza have led to an increase inprescription medication sales on the Internet. Consumers making thesepurchases are often subject to fraudulent practices by onlinepharmacies. Resources for safely purchasing medications such asTamiflu for avian influenza are available and should be relied uponfor any online prescription drug purchase. (PRWeb Nov 29, 2007) Post ... [News Source]

Romania Reports Fresh Bird Flu Outbreak, Joining U.K., Germany (Bloomberg.com) Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Romania became the seventh country in Europe reporting fresh bird flu outbreaks this year, a month after a United Nations agency said the lethal H5N1 strain may be more prevalent in the region than previously thought. [News Source]