Bird Flu Monitor > Grants.gov - Find Grant Opportunities - Opportunity Synopsis

[Grants Modified Opportunity List by Agency] The USFWS and USDA-Wildlife Services have been charged with surveillance in wild migratory birds and funds have been appropriated for this purpose. The National Surveillance Plan for migratory birds was developed and is guided by an Interagency Steering Committee and has been stepped down regionally through the migratory bird Flyway Councils for implementation.

Previous [Previous] ReliefWeb » Map » South East Asia: Highly Patho...

Next [Next] Bird Flu Outbreak in Xinjiang: What Does This Mean? | Xin...

Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

[Pulse + PhotoBlog] Pulse + PhotoBlog » Blog Archive » AVIAN INFLUENZA: A BIRD’S EYEVIEW: Many laboratories in the WHO global influenza network have the necessary high-security facilities and reagents for performing these tests as well as considerable experience. Rapid bedside tests for the diagnosis of human influenza are also available, but do not have the precision of the more extensive laboratory testing that is currently needed to fully understand the most recent cases and determine whether human infection is spreading, either directly from birds or from person to person.

[Bird Flu Monitor] Bird Flu Monitor: Pandemic Information News: AVIAN INFLUENZA (06 ...: Woman dies of bird flu in China: Jinan (China), Jan 19 (Xinhua) A woman has died of bird flu in east China's Shandong province, the second death caused by avian influenza in the country this .Viet Nam, Bangladesh 20080314.1013 Avian influenza (42): India (West Bengal) 20080309.0967 Avian influenza (35): UK (England), Indonesia, India, Bangladesh 20080215.0600 Avian influenza, poultry vs migratory birds (02): Turkey, .

[ENS] Migratory Ducks Carry Bird Flu From Asia to Alaska: Migratory Ducks Carry Bird Flu From Asia to Alaska RESTON, Virginia, October 27, 2008 (ENS) - Wild migratory birds appear to be important carriers of avian influenza viruses from continent to continent, according to new research that scientists say has important implications for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus surveillance in North America.

[EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed] Migratory Ducks Carry Bird Flu From Asia to Alaska: "Although some previous research has led to speculation that intercontinental transfer of avian influenza viruses from Asia to North America via wild birds is rare, this study challenges that," said Chris Franson, a research wildlife biologist with the USGS National Wildlife Health Center and co-author of the study.

[Ribhs Blog] United States Versus Bird Flu: It is also a meeting place for water fowl, as wild birds from both Asia and America choose it as a feeding and nesting environment during the summer months. U.S. authorities have implemented a plan for the summer of 2006 which included the testing of more than 15,000 birds from 27 species in the region.

[Medical Operations Collaboration and Communications (C2) blog] Avian influenza (125): China (JS) « Medical Operations ...: As confirmed by test results from the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, the avian influenza virus found on some layer farms in Jiangsu’s Dongtai and Haian is the avian influenza H5N1 Re-4 variant strain, highly homologous to the variant strain that appeared

[Yoga Rangatia] Should we worry about bird-flu? « Yoga Rangatia: Now that the Bhopal-based High Security Animal Disease Laboratory has isolated the strain, it is urgent they find out how the virus entered the country. This will enable authorities like customs to take remedial action, if migratory birds are ruled out as the conduit.

Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, , ,