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[The Bird Flu Report] Bangladesh ready for Bird Flu response - The Bird Flu Report: Though Avian Influenza situation in Bangladesh remains stable with significantly less outbreaks during 2009-10, but Bangladesh still faces the risks of further outbreak as it is probable that the virus exists in dormancy, as 50 % of the national poultry flock is backyard poultry. The World Bank in a release today said the country has a large duck population (about 39 million) and is visited annually by about 21 species of migratory birds that can carry the virus.

[ThePoultrySite - Industry News] Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Chickens in Bangladesh - Poultry ...: From each of 55 outbreaks, 2 dead chickens were sent to a field disease investigation laboratory or to the Central Disease Investigation Laboratory, where oropharyngeal swabs were tested for avian influenza A virus antigen. From cases with positive results, tracheal samples were referred to the National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza (NRL-AI) for viral RNA extraction and purification (3), reverse transcription–PCR that used a primer set of hemagglutinin (H) genes (4), and end-product visualization.

[SofiaEcho RSS feed] Avian influenza: Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Romania - South ...: The European Commission will assess risk areas declared by the Romanian authorities in relation to the highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard poultry farm in the commune of Letea, in Tulcea county, at the Danube's delta near the border with Ukraine.

[Bird Flu Monitor] Bird Flu Monitor: EUROPA - Press Releases - Avian Influenza ...: The European Commission will adopt today a decision confirming the risk areas set up by the Romanian authorities in relation to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard poultry farm located .

[ThePoultrySite - Industry News] Nepal Reports Two New Bird Flu Outbreaks: NEPAL - Two new outbreaks of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been reported. One of these was in a mixed village flock of 123 backyard chickens, ducks and pigeons in Tikapur municipality in the region of Seti.

[Smashing Blog] Avian Influenza And Food Safety Statement By World Health ...: Some mutations have been detected in human viruses isolated in 2005 and, most recently, in one virus isolated from a fatal case in the January 2006 outbreak in Turkey. Although these mutations were found at the receptor-binding site and involved the substitution of more mammalian-like amino acids, the effect of these changes on transmissibility of the virus, either from birds to humans or from one person to another, is not fully understood.

[Untitled] Urban Chickens addendum «: In Summary A by-law change would allow residents to practice a fun and beneficial hobby that’s a source of local, healthful food, with real benefits to the City, the birds, and the environment.  Allowing residents to keep poultry would not present a significant break from what is currently permitted within the City of Vancouver nor would it introduce any new infrastructure or support requirements (like avian veterinary care) because they already exist for those who are keeping the registered homing pigeons, canaries, budgerigars, parrots, parakeets and exotic birds of all species allowed pursuant to By-law no. 9433, Section 7.5.

[TODAY PRESS RELEASES] EUROPA - Press Releases - Avian Influenza: Highly pathogenic H5N1 ...: The European Commission will adopt today a decision confirming the risk areas set up by the Romanian authorities in relation to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard poultry farm located in the commune of Letea, in Tulcea county, at the Danube's delta close to the Ukrainian border.

[Psychic Insights] More Accurate 2008 Psychic Preditions come true « Psychic Insights: Indonesian health officials say the five people - two men, two women and a nine-year-old boy - have all succumbed in the past eight days since contracting the H5N1 virus, responsible for outbreaks of bird flu around the world in recent years. So far, 102 of the 124 confirmed bird flu cases in Indonesia have been fatal, according to a statement issued by WHO.

[Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Bulgarian authorities say dead bird tests positive for H5N1 virus: Afghanistan protects newly rediscovered rare birdKABUL ”” Afghanistan's fledging conservation agency moved Sunday to protect one of the world's rarest birds after the species was rediscovered in the war-ravaged country's northeast. The remote Pamir Mountains are the only known breeding area of the large-billed reed warbler, a species so elusive that it had been documented only twice before in more than a century.

[The Primate Diaries] Priming the Pump of a Swine Flu Pandemic - The Primate Diaries ...: This criminal syndicate involves senior individuals at multinational corporations such as Baxter Pharmaceutical, policy think tanks such as the Trilateral Commission and Conference Board, branches of government such as the (U.S.) Executive Branch, and quasi-government organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), which have conspired together to commit mass genocide against innocent people using a flu pandemic. The genocide is to take place through human to human spread of increasingly virulent lab created flu, and through contaminated deadly vaccinations intended to be administered in Fall 2009.

[Influenza Virus Mashup] [Crof's H5N1] Romania reports B2B H5N1 outbreak | Influenza Virus ...: “The Commission adopted today a decision confirming the risk area set up by the Romanian authorities in relation to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard poultry farm,” a European Commission statement said.

[The Daily Reckoning's Desidooru Saloon] Avian Flu: Stay Tuned: It ordered the culling of all backyard and rooftop poultry and banned live bird markets, where 80% of the nation's poultry is sold. Farmers were promised compensation and vendors were promised refrigerators, so they could switch to selling frozen chicken, but neither materialised.3 Meanwhile, the government banned the transport of live poultry and ordered that all slaughtering must take place in official slaughterhouses, leaving farmers not located near the few official slaughterhouses with no way to slaughter their chickens.

[Dabble DB Blog] Dabble DB Blog: Case Study: How the Battery Hen Welfare Trust is ...: As part of its ongoing efforts to educate backyard poultry owners about what they can do to protect their birds against infectious poultry diseases, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering a free and informative calendar for 2010. ... poultry owners suspect that their birds are infected with a disease such as avian influenza. Those interested in receiving this free calendar can go to http://healthybirds.aphis.usda.gov and click “2010 Backyard Biosecurity Calendar.” ...

[Britannica Blog] Avian Influenza in Our Backyards | Britannica Blog: According to the World Health Organization, there have been 24 deadly outbreaks of infectious avian influenza in poultry since the late 1950s, but more than half of these have occurred in the past 10 years. Thus, monitoring of the virus to detect and possibly prevent the emergence of new, deadly strains has become of utmost importance.

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