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Bird flu hits Africa as deadly strain kills 40,000 chickens

A deadly strain of the bird flu virus has killed 40,000 birds on a commercial farm in northern Nigeria, raising fears that the disease has already spread across Africa. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) confirmed yesterday that the first recorded case of H5N1 bird flu in Africa had ...

FAO warns of high bird flu risk in Africa after outbreak in Nigeria

FAO warns of high bird flu risk in Africa after outbreak in Nigeria UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus in Nigeria shows that the rest of Africa is in danger from the disease, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned Wednesday, calling for urgent ...

Experts fear uncontrollable spread of bird flu in Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Bird flu has spread to Africa, and experts fear that containing it will be a major problem on a continent where backyard chickens are the norm, health infrastructure is weak and many governments have little in the way of funding or plans to deal with an avian flu ...

Foreign experts help Nigeria combat Africa's first bird flu outbreak

DANIEL BALINT-KURTI, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-12-2006 Dateline: LAGOS, Nigeria Foreign experts have begun arriving in Nigeria to help authorities combat Africa's first known outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu, as health officials investigate whether two sick children have caught the ...

S. Africa to cull water fowl to prevent bird flu

S. Africa to cull water fowl to prevent bird flu JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Millions of rands worth of water fowl belonging to Hilko Insel, South Africa's largest fowl breeder, are being culled by local agriculture department near Pretoria to prevent a bird flu outbreak. The department ...

Writethru: Africa's first deadly bird flu outbreak appears in Nigeria

Writethru: Africa's first deadly bird flu outbreak appears in Nigeria LAGOS, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria has accounted for the first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Africa ,with the death of about 40,000 chickens in a northern farm since January this year, officials said on ...

Roundup: Africa's first deadly bird flu outbreak appears in Nigeria

Roundup: Africa's first deadly bird flu outbreak appears in Nigeria LAGOS, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria has accounted for the first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Africa, with the death of about 40,000 chickens in a northern farm since January this year, officials said on ...

Africa may face serious bird flu risks, especially East Africa: UN

Africa may face serious bird flu risks, especially East Africa: UN NAIROBI, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- After the confirmed outbreaks of avian influenza in Romania and Turkey, the risk of bird flu spreading to the Middle East and African countries has markedly increased, especially East Africa, UN Food and ...

FAO says Africa may face serious bird flu risk

FAO says Africa may face serious bird flu risk ROME, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- After the confirmed outbreaks of avian influenza in Romania and Turkey, the risk of bird flu spreading to the Middle East and African countries has markedly increased, The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( ...

Italian scientists find bird flu in Africa

Italian scientists find bird flu in Africa ROME, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Italian scientists have identified the first case of bird flu in Africa, Italian News Agency ANSA reported here on Wednesday. The Italian centre for bird flu research said on Wednesday it had isolated the potentially lethal form of ...

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