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[Enflu] The Bush administration lacks a comprehensive plan for testing and monitoring bird flu in commercial poultry, a federal audit says.

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[H5N1] US: Audit faults bird flu tests for poultry: Excerpt: The Bush administration lacks a comprehensive plan for testing and monitoring bird flu in commercial poultry, a federal audit says. The industry is testing every flock for bird flu, but the tests are voluntary and there is no method for reporting findings to the

[Pandemic Virus Facts and Information] US lacks surveillance for bird flu in poultry:... : The United States does not have adequate measures in place to survey and monitor for avian influenza, including the deadly H5N1 strain that has killed 130 people overseas, the Agriculture Department's inspector .

[Enflu] US lacks surveillance for bird flu in poultry:... : WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not have adequate measures in place to survey and monitor for avian influenza, including the deadly H5N1 strain that has killed 130 people overseas, the Agriculture Department's inspector general said on Tuesday.

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http://www.georgiascience.org [Georgiascience.org] Georgia Citizens for Integrity in Science Education » Blog Archive ...: Washington Post, January 12 - Preliminary tests show that the strain of bird flu virus that has stricken at least 15 people in Turkey has evolved in a way that could make it somewhat more hazardous to human beings, although it still lacks the capacity to be passed easily from person to person, international health officials said Wednesday. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/11/AR2006011100464.html

Scienceblog.comhttp://www.scienceblog.com [Scienceblog.com] AIDS, TB, malaria and bird flu spread unchecked in Burma | Science ...: "With the global spread of bird flu, there is a fear that if a human form of H5N1 were to take hold in Burma, it could potentially spread unchecked for weeks or months before anyone knew about it. Uncontrolled spread of any disease, especially an emerging disease like H5N1, poses a serious health threat to Burma's populous neighbors, like China and India, as well as the rest of the world."

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