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Deadly H5N1 avian flu found in Hong Kong birds
Hong Kong :: China | 10 months ago
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A dead goose and two dead ducks found on a Hong Kong island last week have tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, officials said on Wednesday. The birds were found on January 29 and 31 on a beach on Lantau island and preliminary tests...
Tags: test positive, Hong Kong Veterinary Association, dead bird, bird flu
H5N2 virus behind avian influenza outbreak at B.C. turkey farm: CFIA
Toronto :: Canada | 10 months ago
Credibility The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the virus responsible for an outbreak of avian influenza in B.C.'s Fraser Valley is an H5N2 virus. The agency says testing at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Diseases in Winnipeg determined the neuraminidase...
Chinese infant recovers from bird flu infection
Taiyuan :: China | 10 months ago
Credibility A 3-year-old girl has become the youngest person ever in China to recover from bird flu infection. The girl, identified only by her surname Peng, was hospitalized last month in north China's Shanxi Province after being diagnosed with the H5N1 strain...
Tags: bird flu, Peng Zhiwen, China
Vietnam capital bans poultry transport by motorbike
Hanoi :: Vietnam | 10 months ago
Credibility Vietnam's capital Hanoi has banned the transportation of poultry and cattle on motorbikes and bicycles for fear it could help spread epidemics, state media said on Tuesday. The ruling, which was issued on January 22 but only became effective on Monday,...
SeekingAlpha: China Biopharma News from a Holiday Week
Shanghai :: China | 10 months ago
Credibility Last week, the Lunar New Year holiday pretty much shut down business in China. But the festivities could not completely curtail news from individual China-based biopharma companies, which released items showing their continuing growth, including news...
Tags: China Biopharma News, bird flu
Poultry sector plunges into crisis in Nepal
Kathmandu :: Nepal | 10 months ago
Credibility Around 60,000 people employed directly and indirectly in poultry business in Chitwan are at risk of loosing their job after the rumors about bird flu were heard in Jhapa in eastern Nepal. The Kathmandu Post report said Monday that if the situation...
Tags: Kathmandu Post, Nepal-China, Nepali, bird flu
Bird flu breaks out in Cooch Behar
Kolkata :: India | 10 months ago
Credibility The Border Security Force (BSF) has been alerted to check smuggling of birds and poultry to and from neighbouring Bangladesh. In December last, Avian Flu resurfaced in Malda and soon after, cases were reported from Darjeeling. In January, bird flu broke...
Tags: bird flu, China, test positive, central china
Economic Times, India: Bird flu in Nepal hits Indian poultry business
Kathmandu :: Nepal | 10 months ago
Credibility The bird flu menace in Nepal has once again hit the poultry and poultry products industry of the border districts in India. The Nepal government and a large section of its poultry industry have officially denied media reports on the widespread outbreak...
China reports fifth bird flu death this year
Beijing :: China | 10 months ago
Credibility China's Ministry of Health said a young man had died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu on Monday, the fifth reported death this month. The 18-year-old was admitted to hospital on Jan 24 in Yulin, in the southwestern Guangxi, bordering Vietnam, after falling...
China reports fifth bird flu death this year
Beijing :: China | 10 months ago
Credibility An 18-year-old man died Monday of bird flu in southwestern China, the government said, bringing to five the number killed since the start of the year and adding to fears of a possible mass outbreak. The man, surnamed Liang, died in the city of Yulin in...
Tags: China, bird flu, old man, flu deaths, Xinhua News Agency
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