BIRD FLU OUTBREAK: South Korea to halt imports of chicks from Germany (The New Straits Times) Following reports of a bird flu outbreak, South Korea said Friday it has halted the import of chicks from Germany. [News Source]

USAID continues to bolster Sri Lanka’s defence against Avian influenza (Daily News) The US Agency for International Development (USAID handed over a real-time Polymerase Chain Reactor machine to the Veterinary Research Institute of the Livestock Development Ministry, which will dramatically improve the Sri Lanka's ability to diagnose quickly any possible outbreak of Avian influenza. [News Source]

Bird flu survival tied to hands-on therapy (UPI) BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Chances of surviving a deadly avian flu pandemic would likely increase with hands-on therapy, even without antiviral drugs, a U.S. health newsletter says. [News Source]

Deadly bird flu virus found at German farm: EU (AFP via Yahoo! News) German authorities were culling poultry at a farm in Germany after the discovery of a case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the European Commission announced on Friday. [News Source]

Germany Kills 1,400 Fowl After First 2008 Bird Flu (Update1) (Bloomberg) Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- German authorities killed 1,400 domestic fowl after identifying the country's first case of avian influenza this year on a commercial farm in the town of Markersdorf, near the Polish border. [News Source]

Germany Kills 1,400 Fowl After First 2008 Bird Flu (Update1) (Bloomberg) Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- German authorities killed 1,400 domestic fowl after identifying the country's first case of avian influenza this year on a commercial farm in the town of Markersdorf, near the Polish border. [News Source]

Germany Kills 1,400 Farm Fowl After First Bird Flu Case in 2008 (Bloomberg) Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- German authorities killed 1,400 ducks, geese, chickens and turkeys after identifying the country's first case of avian influenza this year on a commercial farm in the town of Markersdorf, near the Polish border. [News Source]

Germany Kills 1,400 Farm Fowl After First Bird Flu Case in 2008 (Bloomberg) Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- German authorities killed 1,400 ducks, geese, chickens and turkeys after identifying the country's first case of avian influenza this year on a commercial farm in the town of Markersdorf, near the Polish border. [News Source]

Germany: Poultry slaughtered after bird flu find (USA Today) A health official says 1,400 birds have been slaughtered at a poultry farm in eastern Germany after a duck tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. [News Source]