Bird flu alert raises (Hope Star) awareness in SW Ark. By STEPHANIE HARRIS-SMITH Hope Star Writer A recent disease alert was sent out by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission regarding Avian Influenza, commonly known as the bird flu in chickens. No local cases of exposure to the bird flu have been found, according to Hempstead County Extension Agent Gerald Alexander. [News Source]

Bird flu alert raises (Hope Star) awareness in SW Ark. By STEPHANIE HARRIS-SMITH Hope Star Writer A recent disease alert was sent out by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission regarding Avian Influenza, commonly known as the bird flu in chickens. No local cases of exposure to the bird flu have been found, according to Hempstead County Extension Agent Gerald Alexander. [News Source]

Indonesian health minister silent on bird flu toll (AFP via Yahoo! News) Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari refused Friday to say how many Indonesians had died of bird flu and insisted it was no longer necessary to announce the toll on a case-by-case basis. [News Source]

Bird flu search finds none yet coming to N. America. The feared H5N1 avian influenza has yet to make it to North America in the bodies of migrating birds, researchers said on Thursday. [News Source]

Farmer prevented bird flu spread. A quick-thinking farmer prevented a potentially devastating outbreak of bird flu spreading across Oxfordshire, Government officials said tonight. [News Source]

Bird flu search finds none yet coming to N.America (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The feared H5N1 avian influenza has yet to make it to North America in the bodies of migrating birds, researchers said on Thursday. [News Source]

UK avian flu virus identified as H7N7 (Budapest Business Journal) The avian influenza virus that struck chickens on a farm in England this week has been identified as highly pathogenic H7N7 and is probably related to viruses that have sometimes surfaced in other European countries, British officials said Thursday. [News Source]

Hong Kong stops British chicken imports because of bird flu at farm (EARTHtimes.org) Hong Kong - Hong Kong has halted imports of chickens from Britain after tests on poultry at a farm in Oxfordshire were positive for an avian flu virus, a government spokesman said Friday. The Centre for Food Safety said it had suspended all import ap... [News Source]