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]

Campaign educates students on bird flu (The Jakarta Post) The National Committee for Avian Influenza and Pandemic Preparedness (Komnas FBPI) and the United Nations Children's Education Fund are conducting a national campaign aimed at educating students on bird flu and ways to prevent it. [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Danube Delta (People’s Daily) A bird flu outbreak was confirmed on Wednesday in a household based at Murighiol of Tulcea County, southeastern Romania. According to the National Sanitary Veterinary Authority, the Romanian Institute for Animal Diagnosis and Health ... [News Source]

Bulgaria shuts markets after Romanian bird flu outbreak (TODAYonline) A laying hen is seen under a lamp at a poultry farm. Bulgaria on Wednesday closed poultry markets in the northeast of the country after bird flu was detected in a village over the border in southeast Romania, the Agriculture Ministry said. [News Source]

Bulgaria shuts markets after Romanian bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News) Bulgaria on Wednesday closed poultry markets in the northeast of the country after bird flu was detected in a village over the border in southeast Romania, the Agriculture Ministry said. [News Source]

The avian flu is back in Romania (Nine O’Clock) The National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) confirmed yesterday a hotbed of avian flu in a household from Murighiol, Tulcea County. The Institute of Diagnosis and Animal Health established that its strain is of the type H5N1. [News Source]

Bird flu found in Romania, 90 hens and ducks slaughtered (Pravda Ru) Romania n authorities had to slaughter 90 hens and ducks on a small farm in Romania's eastern Danube Delta to prevent bird flu from spreading. Preliminary tests on 15 birds that died at the farm showed they were infected with the H5 subtype of bird flu, Tulcea county official Lefter Chirica said. [News Source]

Angola: Cunene – Regional Seminar On Bird Flu Proceeds (AllAfrica.com) A regional seminar on the bird-flu disease is taking place since Tuesday, in the southern Cunene Province, aimed at providing knowledge in matters of epidemiological vigilance and management of suspected cases relating to the illness, ANGOP has learnt. [News Source]

Cunene: Regional Seminar On Bird Flu Proceeds (AngolaPress) Ondjiva, 11/28 - A regional seminar on the bird-flu disease is taking place since Tuesday, in the southern Cunene Province, aimed at providing knowledge in matters of epidemiological vigilance and management of suspected cases relating to the illness, ANGOP has learnt. [News Source]

Johannesburg’s ducks die, Avian flu ruled out (Independent Online) Authorities say that while they are still investigating the deaths of about 200 ducks at Zoo Lake in Johannesburg, they don't suspect it could be Avian flu. [News Source]

Bird flu in South Korea prompts culling of 17,000 ducks (News-Medical-Net) A bird flu scare in South Korea has prompted Japan to ban all imports of poultry from there. [News Source]

Biotech company gets funding for avian flu vaccine (The Fort Collins Coloradoan) InViragen, a small biotechnology company in Fort Collins, received a two-year $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to work with the University of Wisconsin to develop a safe and effective avian flu vaccine. [News Source]