Bird flu did extensive damage to the country s poultry industry and the economy as a whole after its arrival in Egypt, which has more confirmed human bird flu cases than any other country outside of Asia. Her case followed a nearly two-month warm weather lull in human bird flu cases in Egypt, where 35 people are known to have contracted the virus since it was first detected in Egyptian poultry in early 2006. CAIRO: A 10-year-old Egyptian girl who contracted the H5N1 bird flu virus died...

There have been no reported cases of the infection, but it was the first time avian influenza had been found in the country since March last year when several chickens tested positive for the virus. Malaysia yesterday detected the H5N1 bird flu virus in chickens in a village near the capital Kuala Lumpur and has begun culling poultry nearby as a protective move. The autonomous region has also shut down 89 poultry markets along the border, and is regularly disinfecting nearby areas. Since...

Whether turkey burgers, barbecued turkey pizza, a turkey kabob or a smoked turkey breast melt sandwich, Nebraska corn producers are taking a mouthful and giving thanks for the Nebraska turkey industry. Southwest Nebraska News - from the Republican Valley Media Group, McCook, NE. June is National Turkey Lovers' Month, and Nebraska corn producers appreciate that the state s growing turkey industry not only brings jobs to rural Nebraska but that the more than 4.4 million turkeys raised in the...

So representatives of industry, academia and government have been looking for another way. Relieved, Skinner declares, It s not disease! This time, there d be no mass killing, but the scare hints at reinforced vigilance toward bird flu today. Under industry and government rules, flocks infected with the strongest strains are put to death as quickly as possible. Farmers Pride, the largest local company, promotes humane treatment of its Bell & Evans brand chickens, but owner Scott Sechler...

More than 120 veterinary, medical and other officers have been deployed to check birds and conduct house-to-house inspections in four villages in Sungai Buloh area in Selangor state, which surrounds Kuala Lumpur, said Kamarudin Mohammed Isa, the Veterinary Services Department s disease control chief. Veterinary teams acted today in a new bird flu hotspot in Malaysia to contain the spread of the H5N1 virus which killed 60 chickens over the weekend the first reported cases of the disease in...

EST Richard Bowden - AHN News Writer Geelong, Australia (AHN) - Australian scientists at the Commonwealth, Scientific, Industrial and Research Organization (CSIRO) are locked in a race with British scientists at Cambridge University to develop a genetically modified chicken immune to bird flu. EST Richard Bowden - AHN News Writer Geelong, Australia (AHN) - Australian scientists at the Commonwealth, Scientific, Industrial and Research Organization (CSIRO) are locked in a race with British...