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Infected swans give clue to H5N1 in UK poultry
Latest outbreak suggests the virus arrived in autumn 2007 and is present in the wild bird population despite negative routine surveillance tests.
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Vietnam under H5N1 attack on all sides
First outbreaks of avian flu have occurred in the country, causing concern that the disease will escalate in the weeks before the Tet holiday, despite official assurances of control.
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Avian flu is back in India
Although H5N1 has not yet been confirmed, fears are growing that this is the cause of poultry deaths in two areas of West Bengal, close to the border with Bangladesh.
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Supermarkets to set UK layers free
Current massive media attention is causing cage egg producers to consider their future business in advance of the EU battery cage ban in 2012.
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Israel’s latest brush with avian flu
Almost 2 years after the last outbreak of H5N1 avian flu, the virus has been found in chickens at a children’s zoo.
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H5N1 resumes onslaught on young Egyptian women
Avian flu has claimed 5 victims in recent weeks, 4 of whom have died.
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Real cost of avian flu revealed in Canada
Three months on, one poultry producer is struggling to get back in business after the country’s only outbreak of H7N3 avian flu.
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Bangladesh braced for endemic avian flu that also threatens India
H5N1 avian flu may have become endemic in Bangladesh. International support has been given, and neighbouring India is on high alert.
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Scandinavia plays it safe in the face of avian flu
With winter the high-risk season, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland have prepared their defences against the H5N1 virus.
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