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Smuggled birds with H5N1 virus confiscated at airport

(Taipei Times) A batch of smuggled birds carrying the H5N1 avian influenza virus was discovered at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and destroyed without anyone being infected, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday. Thirty-eight live birds were found in the carry-on luggage of a Taiwanese traveler returning from Macau on July 7.

July 18, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Agriculture
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MOH to trace those who have been in contact with girl who died of H5N1

(Straits Times) An eight-year-old Indonesian girl who had Avian flu developed a fever when she came here on vacation last month. She died two weeks later, prompting health authorities to swing into action in order to trace all those she might have been in contact with. A Ministry of Health (MOH) statement on Tuesday afternoon Read More »

July 18, 2012
| Filed under South Asia and Agriculture
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Taiwan finds H5N1 virus in birds smuggled from China

(AFP) – Dozens of pet birds smuggled from southern China into Taiwan tested positive for the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus and were destroyed, Taiwanese authorities said Tuesday. The smuggler bought the 38 birds in the Chinese city of Guangzhou and was caught at the Taoyuan international airport in northern Taiwan when he returned via Read More »

July 18, 2012
| Filed under North America and Agriculture
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Mexico to import eggs to offset H5N1 induced price surge

(WorldPoultry.net) Economy secretary Bruno Ferrari announced that Mexico is preparing to import up to 119,748 tonnes of eggs to prevent a surge in prices as a consequence of a bird-flu outbreak in the western state of Jalisco, the Latin American Herald Tribune reports. The government is ready to suspend duties on egg imports from countries Read More »

July 10, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Public Health
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Foot-and-mouth disease stalks Egypt

(New Scientist) A new strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Egypt could aggravate discontent among the rural poor and prolong the country’s political turmoil. As Egypt struggles to make vaccine, agriculture experts fear a vicious circle has begun: political disarray helps spread animal disease, which deepens poverty and discontent – and breeds more political disarray. Read More »