Latest Bird Flu News

Campaign to Combat Bird Flu in Full Swing (Arab News)
Saturday December 01st 2007, 7:12 pm

RIYADH, 2 December 2007 — More than four million birds have been culled in the Kingdom since avian flu was first detected on Nov. 12 in 1,500 birds at a farm in Al-Kharj, said Agriculture Minister Dr. Fahd Balghunaim. [News Source]

Deadly H5N1 bird flu found on Polish turkey farm (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Saturday December 01st 2007, 9:42 am

Three poultry farms northwest of Warsaw were cordoned off after the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was found in turkeys, officials said on Saturday. [News Source]