Smuggled in Thai frozen chicken poses bird flu risk (The Star) TANAH MERAH: The Kelantan Veterinary Services Department is concerned that smuggled in frozen chicken from Thailand, banned in Malaysia, could be infected with the bird flu virus. [News Source]

THAI FROZEN CHICKEN: NO GUARANTEE BIRD FLU FREE (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News) TANAH MERAH, Nov 21 (Bernama) -- The Kelantan Veterinary Services Department has expressed the concern that smuggled frozen chicken from a neighbouring country could be infected with the bird flu virus. Department Director, Dr Mohd Zairi Serlan said the smuggling of frozen chicken has been rampant lately in the wake of the rise in cases of bird flu in Thailand, ... [News Source]

Indonesia says no H5N1 cases in suspicious cluster (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) Nov 20, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Indonesia's health ministry has ruled out H5N1 avian influenza in a cluster of 17 suspected cases in South Sulawesi province, countering earlier reports of positive hospital and university tests, Reuters reported today. [News Source]

How bird flu has spread (BBC News) See the location of bird and human cases of the H5N1 virus - and watch the spread of the disease over time. [News Source]

Indonesia says 17 in Sulawesi not infected with bird flu (The Star) JAKARTA (Reuters) - Bird flu has been ruled out as the cause of illness in 17 people from the same neighbourhood of Makasar in Sulawesi, Indonesia, a health ministry official said on Thursday. [News Source]

Indonesia says 17 in Sulawesi not infected with bird flu (AlertNet) Source: Reuters JAKARTA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Bird flu has been ruled out as the cause of illness in 17 people from the same neighbourhood of Makasar in Sulawesi, Indonesia, a health ministry official said on Thursday ... [News Source]

If Avian Flu Hits, Look for Drop in U.S. Poultry Market (Newswise) If a case of avian flu is discovered in a U.S. poultry flock, it's likely that poultry consumption would decline. The level of decline would also be likely to vary in different parts of the nation, according to Food Safety Consortium research at Kansas State University. [News Source]