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[Pandemic Flu from Europe] The measures will be agreed at regular ministerial talks in Luxembourg based on proposals by the European Commission following a slump of poultry sales by up to 70 pct in some EU countries.
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[Kinshasa On The Potomac] H5 Update: Europe: The current regulations governing the eggs and poultry market allow the EU to co-finance compensation measures only in cases where there is a case of avian flu on a farm or where farmers are prevented from moving their poultry because of restrictions imposed on veterinary orders. There is currently no possibility of providing EU aid to take account of market problems linked to a fall in sales caused by a loss of consumer confidence.
[Welcome to the Guyana Resource Center] Stories from the Guyana Chronicle: He added that Cuba is prepared to donate all the bulbs needed to replace the incandescent ones. In addition, he observed that a compact fluorescent bulb of lower wattage produces the same brightness and loses less energy in the form of heat compared to incandescent bulbs of a higher wattage.
[Pandemic Flu from Europe] UK Poultry farmers hold their breath: The discovery of the UK's possibly first case of avian flu (H5N1) will inevitably start alarm bells ringing at poultry farms across the length and breadth of Britain. Farms in north east Fife are told to take their birds inside.
[Avianflu.typepad.com] Avian Flu - What we need to know: [...] France joined a growing list of European nations with confirmed or suspected bird flu cases when two dead ducks were discovered in a wildlife reserve north of Paris. Tests results showing whether the birds carried the H5N1 strain were expected later Friday.
[Avianfluhelp.blogspot.com] Avian Flu Help (H5N1): At the time we noted that there was no WHO H5N1 Reference Lab or National Influenza Centers based in Jordan to conduct these tests, however, there were 3 WHO Collaborating Centers in the country where the test might have been carried out at one of them. According to the report by the WHO today, confirming that there was no Bird Flu in Iraq, Maria Cheng mentions that the information that they receieved on the Iraqi test samples were requested from the WHO Eastern Mediterranean office, based in Cairo, which was following up the case.
[Avianflu.futurehs.com] Avian Flu » Slovenia: So far in Europe, the presence of H5N1 virus has been confirmed in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Ukraine and the European part of Russia. Almost all the cases involve migratory wild swans.
[Proem.com] Disaster Blog Avian Flu - PROEM LTD>: Iran became the latest country to confirm cases of H5N1 bird flu on Tuesday after wild swans tested positive for the deadly virus that had already hit neighboring countries and killed 91 people worldwide. Experts had said it was only a matter of time before H5N1 broke out in Iran, a wintering place for wild fowl who may be carriers.
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