West Bengal reports fresh outbreak of bird flu (New Kerala) Siliguri (West Bengal), Jan.3 :Health and veterinary workers in West Bengal's Siliguri region have started culling poultry birds after a reports of a fresh outbreak of the H5N1 virus that layman terms translates into bird flu. [News Source]

Bird flu re-surfaces in crowded Indian state (AFP via Yahoo! News) Health authorities in India on Saturday confirmed a fresh outbreak of deadly bird flu after thousands of chickens died, officials said. [News Source]

New bird flu cases revive fears of human pandemic (Los Angeles Times) Hong Kong, believed to have been free of H5N1, is forced to cull thousands of poultry after an outbreak. Two avian flu deaths are reported in Egypt and Indonesia. Just when you thought you could scratch bird flu off your list of things to worry about in 2009, the deadly H5N1 virus has resurfaced in poultry in Hong Kong for the first time in six years, reinforcing warnings that the threat of a ... [News Source]

Bird flu hits Darjeeling (Calcutta News) Bird flu has hit West Bengal's Darjeeling district, prompting the administration Saturday to order culling of 60,000 poultry over three days from Sunday. [News Source]

New bird flu cases revive fears of human pandemic (Los Angeles Times) Hong Kong, believed to have been free of H5N1, is forced to cull thousands of poultry after an outbreak. Two avian flu deaths are reported in Egypt and Indonesia. Just when you thought you could scratch bird flu off your list of things to worry about in 2009, the deadly H5N1 virus has resurfaced in poultry in Hong Kong for the first time in six years, reinforcing warnings that the threat of a ... [News Source]

Bird flu in Darjeeling, culling ordered (Hindustan Times) Bird flu has been detected in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, prompting the administration on Saturday to order culling of 60,000 poultry over three days starting on Sunday. [News Source]

Bird flu in two Bengal districts detected afresh (The Times of India) Bird flu has been detected afresh in West Bengal's Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts and culling of 65,000 birds will begin on Sunday. [News Source]

Bird flu in two Bengal districts detected afresh (The Times of India) SILIGURI: Bird flu has been detected afresh in West Bengal's Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts and culling of 65,000 birds will begin on Sunday, official sources said on Saturday. [News Source]

India’s West Bengal reports fresh bird flu outbreak (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Health and veterinary workers culled poultry in a densely populated eastern Indian state on Saturday after a fresh outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, officials said. [News Source]

Bird flu detected in Siliguri, culling to begin tomorrow (New Kerala) Siliguri, Jan 03 : Bird flu has been confirmed in Patiramjote area under Matigara police station here, District Magistrate Surendra Kumar Gupta said today. [News Source]