1.5 lakh fowls culled in bird flu hit West Bengal (New Kerala) New Delhi, Feb 11 : Over 1.5 lakh fowls have been culled in bird flu hit West Bengal since the authorities confirmed the outbreak of the contagion Jan 14. [News Source]

1.5 lakh fowls culled in bird flu hit West Bengal (Calcutta News) Over 1.5 lakh fowls have been culled in bird flu hit West Bengal since the authorities confirmed the outbreak of the contagion Jan 14. [News Source]

Indonesia reports 2 new bird flu cases (Press Trust of India) Jakarta, Feb 11 (Kyodo) Indonesia has reported two new bird flu cases for the first time this year, one of them fatal, bringing the country's human death toll from the disease to 135 since it emerged here in 2005, according to the government. [News Source]

Cambodia to check poultry shipped to capital for bird flu infection (People’s Daily) With the increased transport of poultry ahead of the upcoming Chinese New Year, the Ministry of Agriculture is setting up special checkpoints for poultry transported on the main roads into Phnom Penh in order to prevent any birds infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus from reaching the capital, local media reported on Thursday. Kao Phal, director of the ministry's department of animal ... [News Source]

Of swine, birds and humans: Pandemic H1N1 flu (Science Daily) Current research suggests that pandemic H1N1 influenza of swine origin has distinct means of transmission from the seasonal flu, yet does not result in the pathogenic severity of avian flu viruses. [News Source]