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[Biopeer] Avian flu takes first victim in Indonesia: Eighteen pigs that tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the virus were killed on a farm in Tangerang about 40 kilometers west of Jakarta. Elsewhere, Vietnam has also culled a flock of 600 chickens in southern Ben Tre province after they tested positive for bird flu.

 [Effect Measure] Indonesian chickenshit, bullshit style: The source of the virus that infected and killed three members of the same household remains a mystery. Direct contact with infected poultry, the preferred explanation of those hesitant to admit the likelihood of human-to-human transmission has apparently fallen to last on the list.

[net127] Bird flu seen in wild geese in China: An outbreak of deadly bird flu among wild geese at a remote mountain lake in China is adding to the international concern about a rogue strain of influenza that could evolve into one capable of killing millions of humans.

 [Effectmeasure.blogspot.com] Effect Measure: Bird flu and bird farms: He asked if we had any "perspective on a rarely discussed aspect of current policies, or lack of them, to deal with this most recent example of our unfortunate relationship with animals." We thought he was referring to the time honored practice of backyard subsistence poultry raising, mentioned in public health accounts of bird flu. But instead he was raising another issue, now implicitly confirmed by the articles in the

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