H7 avian flu hits UK; US chickens exposed to H7N3 (CIDRAP) Jun 4, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Animal health officials in England yesterday announced that chicken deaths at a farm in Oxfordshire were caused by an H7 form of avian influenza, while a poultry company in Arkansas reported that chickens at a large commercial farm tested positive for antibodies to a low-pathogenic H7N3 strain of avian flu. [News Source]

UK Avian Flu Outbreak: Protection Zones Declared (Scoop.co.nz) The Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed that the restrictions established on 3 June to contain the outbreak of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza at a farm in Banbury, Oxfordshire should remain in place. [News Source]

British bird flu outbreak ‘highly pathogenic’: officials (AFP via Yahoo! News) An outbreak of the H7 strain of bird flu at a farm in central England is "highly pathogenic," officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

Avian Flu confirmed in England (Business Insurance) LONDON—The Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs has confirmed that chickens on premises near Banbury, England have tested positive for the H7 strain of avian influenza. [News Source]

Bird flu strain ‘highly pathogenic’ (Channel 4) The strain of H7 bird flu found in chickens at a farm in Oxfordshire is the highly pathogenic type, officials said. The avian flu virus was found on Tuesday in laying hens at the farm in Banbury, and all birds on the site were slaughtered. [News Source]

Chickens test positive for bird flu. Chickens on a farm in Oxfordshire have tested positive for the H7 strain of bird flu, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. [News Source]

Tyson disposes of chickens exposed to strain of bird flu. Tyson Foods Inc. has begun killing and burying the carcasses of 15,000 hens from a flock that tested positive for exposure to a strain of the bird flu in northwest Arkansas, state officials said Tuesday. [News Source]

Bird flu strain ‘highly pathogenic’ (Liverpool Echo) The strain of H7 bird flu found in chickens at a farm in Oxfordshire is the highly pathogenic type, officials said. The avian flu virus was found on Tuesday in laying hens at the farm in Banbury, and all birds on the site were slaughtered. [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak ‘highly pathogenic’ (AFP via Yahoo! News) An outbreak of the H7 strain of bird flu at a farm in central England is "highly pathogenic", officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

15,000 hens in Arkansas test positive for bird-flu exposure (Texarkana Gazette) LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Tyson Foods Inc. has begun killing and burying the carcasses of 15,000 hens that tested positive for exposure to a strain of the avian flu in northwest Arkansas, state officials said Tuesday. [News Source]

This follows reports that 15,000 chickens have tested positive for bird-flu exposure in northwest Arkansas. (Straits Times) THE Singapore Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is monitoring the import of Tyson chicken products following reports that the US meat company has begun culling some 15,000 chickens that had been exposed to a strain of the avian flu in northwest Arkansas. [News Source]

Tyson destroys poultry exposed to bird flu (Moldova.org) Tyson Foods said it will destroy 15,000 chickens in Arkansas that were exposed to a low-pathogenic strain of bird flu.The U.S. food processor said it is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Arkansas Livestock Poultry Commission to manage the breeder hens that tested positive for H7N2 avian influenza. There is no indication the birds currently have the virus, Tyson said Tuesday ... [News Source]