Germany finds Many More bird flu cases in wild birds
Pastor Dale Morgan
Germany finds Many More bird flu cases in wild birds*
04 Jul 2007 16:13:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
HAMBURG, July 4 (Reuters) - More wild birds have tested positive in
Germany for the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu, German authorities said
on Wednesday.
Two wild birds tested positive for H5N1 in the eastern state of
Thueringen. About 100 birds of various types were found dead in the
state and about 40 were being tested for bird flu, Germany's
Friedrich-Loeffler national animal diseases institute said.
Last week, Germany discovered H5N1 in Leipzig in the eastern state of
Saxony and in the southern city of Nuremberg in cases involving a total
of nine wild birds.
The source of the outbreaks, the first in Germany in 2007, was unclear.
French authorities also said on Tuesday they were investigating possible
cases of bird flu in wild birds.
Last year, 13 European Union member states had confirmed cases of bird
flu -- Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Greece, Britain, the Czech
Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, France and Hungary.
Bird flu has been spreading across southeast Asia and killed two people
in Vietnam this month, the first deaths there since 2005.
Globally, H5N1 has killed nearly 200 people out of over 300 known cases,
according to the World Health Organisation. None of the victims was from
Europe.