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Experts identify key area of bird flu virus

Two teams of researchers say they have identified a key area of the H5N1 bird flu virus which appears to be involved in its replication and hope the discovery could speed up the design of new drugs. In separate articles published in the journal Nature, the teams from France and China said the region of
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B. C.’s latest bird flu is H5N2

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The avian influenza that led federal inspectors to cull, gas and compost about 60,000 birds on a Fraser Valley poultry farm in British Columbia is subtype H5N2, and likely low in pathogenicity. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Feb. 3 that tests at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Diseases in Winnipeg confirm the H5
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B. C. bird flu cull wraps up

A cull of about 60,000 birds on a B. C. poultry farm, where an H5 strain of avian flu was recently found, is now complete, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Jan. 28. The birds were euthanized using carbon dioxide and their carcasses are being composted inside the barns, and temperatures are being monitored to
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“Low-path” bird flu found in B. C.

An H5 strain of avian flu has been confirmed on a commercial turkey farm in southern British Columbia’s Fraser River valley, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Saturday. “Tests to date indicate that the strain of AI in this case is low pathogenic,” the agency said in a release. “Further testing is underway to confirm
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Indian state reports fresh bird flu outbreak

Health and veterinary workers culled poultry in a densely populated eastern state in India Jan. 3 after a fresh outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, officials said. The latest outbreak of the virus in poultry is the fourth in the state of West Bengal since 2007. Bird flu first broke out in India in 2006. Millions
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Pay China’s farmers to halt bird flu: OIE

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China should focus on financial compensation for farmers who report new bird flu cases if it wants to stamp out the disease that killed a 19-year-old woman last week, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said Jan. 7. OIE director general Bernard Vallat said many farmers hesitate to report bird flu cases for fear
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Bird flu spreads in Indian state

A fresh outbreak of bird flu in poultry was detected in the northeastern Indian state of Assam on Dec. 3 and authorities prepared to start culling thousands of chickens, a senior official said. “Yes, bird flu has spread to new areas; we are getting ready to start culling in those areas shortly,” Ashim Kumar Kakoty,
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Wild birds seen carrying bird flus to U. S.

Migrating water fowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, U. S. government researchers reported Oct. 28. They found genetic evidence that some non-dangerous influenza viruses infecting northern pintail ducks in Alaska are genetically more closely related to Asian strains of bird flu than to North American strains. “Although some previous

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