Latest Bird Flu News

India to prepare road map against bird flu (NDTV)
Monday January 14th 2008, 3:09 am

Impressed by its successful handling of outbreak of the deadly bird flu this year, India has been asked to prepare a road map of what the rest of the world can do in tackling the avian influenza, which hit as many as 60 countries this as against, 55 last year and 16 nations in 2005. [News Source]

India culls chickens to contain bird flu (SABC News)
Monday January 14th 2008, 2:05 am

India began culling thousands of chickens today and checking people for fever in a remote eastern village after preliminary tests on dead poultry showed they were infected with bird flu. But officials were still testing to see if the latest outbreak of avian influenza was of the H5N1 strain. [News Source]

India culls chickens to contain bird flu (Straits Times)
Monday January 14th 2008, 12:38 am

KOLKATA (India) - INDIA began culling thousands of chickens on Monday and checking people for fever in a remote eastern village after preliminary tests on dead poultry showed they were infected with bird flu. [News Source]