Monday March 24th 2008, 8:30 am
Source: Reuters DHAKA, March 24 (Reuters) - Authorities in Bangladesh said on Monday they have culled more than 200,000 chickens at different farms over the last two weeks over suspected bird flu outbreaks, although ...
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Bangladesh kills 200,000 fowl to stop bird flu (AlertNet)
Indonesia limits sharing of bird flu samples (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Monday March 24th 2008, 8:18 am
Indonesia will not fully share bird flu virus samples with the World Health Organization until a new global mechanism is in place, a senior official said on Monday.
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Bird Flu Scientists Say Mallards May Carry Virus Long Distances (Bloomberg.com)
Monday March 24th 2008, 7:23 am
March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Scientists in the Netherlands tracking the spread of bird flu in wild ducks say mallards may be the best long-distance carrier of the deadly H5N1 virus.
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Indonesia limits sharing of bird flu samples (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
Monday March 24th 2008, 6:42 am
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will not fully share bird flu virus samples with the World Health Organisation until a new global mechanism is in place, a senior official said on Monday.
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Deadly bird flu expands in Africa, Asia (El Diario)
Monday March 24th 2008, 3:06 am
YAOUNDE, Cameroon - The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was detected for the first time in poultry in Myanmar and Cameroon, officials in the two nations said, in the latest sign of the disease's expanding range in Africa and Southeast Asia.
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Bird Flu Scientists Say Mallards May Carry Virus Long Distances (Bloomberg.com)
Monday March 24th 2008, 1:03 am
March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Scientists in the Netherlands tracking the spread of bird flu in wild ducks say mallards may be the best long-distance carrier of the deadly H5N1 virus.
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