Bird flu outbreak affects zoos The spread of bird flu has triggered a series of cancellations of bird-related events at zoos and aquariums nationwide. At least 28 institutions have canceled events to prevent bird flu from spreading among wild birds or to human beings, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. [News Source]

Weather may explain outbreaks in Japan, but no easy way seen to stem disease’s spread A wave of extremely cold weather this winter is a suspected factor behind the ongoing spread of avian flu in Japan, according to ornithologists. Flocks of migratory birds infected with an avian flu v ..... [News Source]

Ninth case of bird flu confirmed MIYAZAKI (Kyodo) The dead chickens at a poultry farm in the town of Takanabe in Miyazaki Prefecture were killed by the deadly avian flu virus, local officials confirmed early Monday as the epidemic continued to spread. The results of detailed tests on the dead birds in Takanabe confirm the season's sixth outbreak in the prefecture and the ninth in the country. [News Source]

Bird flu forces cancellations in Japan TOKYO, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- An outbreak of bird flu has caused the cancellation of dozens of events at zoos and aquariums across Japan, officials said. [News Source]

Bird flu in Japan: 40,000 chickens culled Tokyo, Jan 31 (DPA) About 40,000 chickens were killed Monday at a poultry farm in southern Japan after dead chickens found there were confirmed as infected with the bird-flu virus, news reports said. [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak affects Japan’s zoos The spread of bird flu has triggered a series of cancellations of bird-related events at zoos and aquariums in Japan. At least 28 institutions have cancelled events to prevent bird flu from spreading ..... [News Source]

National › Bird flu confirmed at another chicken farm in Miyazaki Pref Dead chickens found at a poultry farm in Miyazaki Prefecture were infected with a highly pathogenic avian flu virus, local officials said early Monday amid… [News Source]

The Pentagon takes on a new enemy: Swine flu. On Tuesday night, April 28, 2009, Darrell Galloway, a senior official at the Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency, watched a news report from Mexico City about a new strain of influenza known as swine flu that was spreading fast. [News Source]

New avian flu threat Avian influenza is spreading in Japan. Apparently wild birds that migrated to this country have triggered the spread of the flu. In December, avian flu was confirmed in a poultry farm in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture. Then it was found in swans in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, and Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, and in hooded cranes in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture. It is very likely that more wild birds ... [News Source]

Emergency bird flu meeting held The farm ministry urged prefectural officials at an emergency meeting Saturday to make more efforts to bring the spread of bird flu under control, after some 96,600 chickens were culled in Miyazaki Prefecture and highly lethal viruses were confirmed in Aichi and Kagoshima prefectures. At the gathering of senior farm officials from prefectural governments nationwide, Agriculture, Forestry and ... [News Source]

National › Farm ministry holds emergency meeting on bird flu epidemic The farm ministry urged prefectural officials at an emergency meeting Saturday to make more efforts to bring the spread of bird flu under control, after… [News Source]

Miyazaki bird flu epidemic spreads. The bird flu epidemic may be spreading in Miyazaki Prefecture after chickens tested positive for a highly pathogenic avian flu virus Friday in two more locations. [News Source]