Bird Flu found in Delaware!

[Chicago Democrat]

Bird flu discovered in Delaware chickens
Saturday, February 7, 2004 Posted: 3:45 PM EST (2045 GMT)
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -- A flock of 12,000 chickens in Delaware was destroyed Saturday in a bid to prevent the spread of avian flu, and state agriculture officials hastened to say the virus differs from the one that has killed people in Asia.

The chickens were slaughtered on a farm in southern Kent County, Delaware, at 11:30 a.m. after two birds tested positive for the virulent H7 virus Friday, Delaware agriculture secretary Michael Scuse said.

The virus is different from the H5N1 virus in Asia, Scuse said. That strain has forced the slaughter of millions of birds there and killed 18 people in Thailand and Vietnam who had come into direct contact with them.

"The virus that is in Asia is a mutation of H5," Scuse said. He said the H7 strain found in Delaware is fatal to poultry but does not transmit to humans

More at...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/07/bird.flu.usa.reut/index.html

[FuseONE]

1. Great.

An hour and a half away from me. Hoo-ray.

[Just Me]

2. Is this another "the sky is falling" thingy? *eom*

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Not if you're a chicken

n/t

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4. Dupe... locking

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Avian (Bird) Flu Discovered In Delaware; Birds To Be Destroyed

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