Avian flu resurfaces in Iran, sparks worries in India (CIDRAP) Jan 17, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Officials in Iran have confirmed their country's first H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in domestic birds, while authorities in eastern India are working on a massive poultry cull amid worries about possible new H5N1 outbreaks. [News Source]

Bird flu spreads (The Statesman) Who issues grim warning about current outbreak Pranesh Sarkar & Sabyasachi Roy RAMPURHAT, Jan. 17: Illiteracy and ignorance of villagers coupled with slow culling of chickens in the avian flu-affected areas have allowed the bird flu situation to go virtually out of control in Birbhum. [News Source]

Bird flu spread through India (Moldova.org) Avian influenza among poultry in India spread to new districts as animal control officials struggled to contain the outbreak.Reports in the last 24 hours suggested bird flu spread to the Birbhum and Murshidabad districts of West Bengal as culling in several districts continued, the Press Trust of India said Thursday.Animal Resources Development Minister Anisur Rahaman said reports of poultry ... [News Source]

Bird flu spread through India (EARTHtimes.org) Avian influenza among poultry in India spread to new districts as animal control officials struggled to contain the outbreak. Reports in the last 24 hours suggested bird flu spread to the Birbhum and Murshidabad districts of West Bengal as culling in seve... [News Source]

Bird flu spread through India (UPI) Avian influenza among poultry in India spread to new districts as animal control officials struggled to contain the outbreak. [News Source]

New bird deaths reported in east India. Health officials Thursday investigated new bird deaths in eastern India to check whether bird flu was spreading to additional areas despite a poultry cull aimed at curbing the disease. [News Source]

Bird flu may be spread indirectly, WHO says. The H5N1 bird flu virus may sometimes stick to surfaces or get kicked up in fertilizer dust to infect people, according to a World Health Organization report published on Wednesday. [News Source]

Centre asks West Bengal to take corrective steps to contain bird flu (Hindustan Times) The Centre has asked the West Bengal government to take stringent measures even at block and village level to curb bird flu in the country. "We have asked the West Bengal Government to take corrective action in every city and village," Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told reporters here. [News Source]

Bird flu may be spread indirectly, WHO says (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The H5N1 bird flu virus may sometimes stick to surfaces or get kicked up in fertilizer dust to infect people, according to a World Health Organization report published on Wednesday. [News Source]

Assam sounds bird flu alert, bans poultry import (New Kerala) Guwahati, Jan 17 : Following the outbreak of the deadly avian influenza in neighbouring West Bengal, authorities in Assam have sounded a bird flu alert in the state and imposed a ban on poultry imports from the neighbourhood, officials said Thursday. [News Source]

Assam sounds bird flu alert, bans poultry import (Calcutta News) Following the outbreak of the deadly avian influenza in neighbouring West Bengal, authorities in Assam have sounded a bird flu alert in the state and imposed a ban on poultry imports from the neighbourhood, officials said Thursday. [News Source]

Thursday, January 17, 2008 (Hindustan Times) Sales plunge as bird flu is confirmed in several part of West Bengal. Bird flu is an infectious disease caused by several subtypes of the Influenza A virus, which is known to affect birds, particularly migratory birds, ducks and chickens. It is also called avian influenza or avian flu. [News Source]