Bird flu batters South African ostrich farms OUDTSHOORN, September 23, 2011 (AFP) - Once filled with hundreds of ostriches, the fields of the Klein Karoo are strangely empty. An outbreak of bird flu has forced South African farmers to slaughter thousands of ostriches, undermining the economy of this valley in the south of the country. [News Source]

Bird flu batters South African ostrich farms OUDTSHOORN, September 23, 2011 (AFP) - Once filled with hundreds of ostriches, the fields of the Klein Karoo are strangely empty. An outbreak of bird flu has forced South African farmers to slaughter thousands of ostriches, undermining the economy of this valley in the south of the country. [News Source]

India orders cull to tackle bird flu outbreak. India has ordered the immediate culling of chickens in an eastern part of the country in a bid to contain an outbreak of bird flu. Outbreaks were confirmed in two villages in West Bengal, which has been severely hit by the virus in previous years. [News Source]

Bird flu in India: Government steps in to curb outbreak. It's only been about three weeks since the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, cautioned that avian flu was back on the rise after a five-year decline around the world. [News Source]

Pentagon rethinks bioterror effort. In the film Contagion, it takes just a few months for scientists to make a vaccine against a deadly virus. Yet a real US military programme that aimed to do just that is being dismantled after five years of trying. [News Source]

Are pigs bringing the flu to your state? For millions of U.S. pigs, their short lives are going to be full of travel. Born in one state, fattened and slaughtered in another, these hogs get around. And so, too, do their infections. [News Source]

Orissa alert after West Bengal bird flu Orissa has increased surveillance in two border districts as a precaution in view of bird flu cases in neighbouring West Bengal, an official said Thursday. [News Source]

Mutant bird flu in poultry delivered on wild wings The new mutant strain of bird flu predominant in the mainland, Vietnam and Europe - and which also infected a local woman last year - was introduced by wild birds, an expert said. [News Source]

After 3 years, bird flu is back in West Bengal Bird flu or avian influenza has resurfaced in West Bengal again after a gap of 3 years. The State government on Tuesday confirmed incidents of bird flu in Nadia district. [News Source]

India orders cull to tackle bird flu outbreak India has ordered the immediate culling of chickens in an eastern part of the country in a bid to contain an outbreak of bird flu. [News Source]

Indian PM asks officials to take steps against Bird Flu With reports of Bird Flu in Nadia district in northeastern India, the authorities decided to cull chickens in four panchayat areas of Tehatta sub-division after samples of dead birds from the area tes ..... [News Source]

Indian PM asks officials to take steps against Bird Flu With reports of Bird Flu in Nadia district in northeastern India , the authorities decided to cull chickens in four panchayat areas of Tehatta sub-division after samples of dead birds from the area tested positive for H5N1 virus. [News Source]