Suzanne
15-02-06, 04:22 PM
The bird flu threat in all affected EU countries will be reviewed by the EU's Food Chain and Animal Health Committee which meets on Wednesday and Thursday, the European Commission said, according to AP.
Earlier, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Association had warned migratory birds could spread the virus even further north into Europe.
Germany and Austria are the latest countries to confirm outbreaks of the virus - in Germany's case the deadly H5N1 strain, which has killed about 80 people in South East Asia. Preliminary tests showed two wild swans had died of the H5N1 strain on Ruegen island in the Baltic Sea, German officials said Tuesday, following in the wake of Austria who said it had found two cases of the virus in dead swans in the south.
Austria has created a restricted zone near Graz in the Styria region bordering Slovenia where the infected dead swans were found. It has told farmers there to keep their poultry in barns and has banned poultry trade in that area for at least 30 days.
On Saturday, authorities said birds had died from the highly pathogenic strain in southern regions of Italy and the northern part of Greece. This was the first time it had been detected in the 25-member EU.
http://www.bnr.bg/RadioBulgaria/Emission_English/News/1502++M1.htm
Earlier, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Association had warned migratory birds could spread the virus even further north into Europe.
Germany and Austria are the latest countries to confirm outbreaks of the virus - in Germany's case the deadly H5N1 strain, which has killed about 80 people in South East Asia. Preliminary tests showed two wild swans had died of the H5N1 strain on Ruegen island in the Baltic Sea, German officials said Tuesday, following in the wake of Austria who said it had found two cases of the virus in dead swans in the south.
Austria has created a restricted zone near Graz in the Styria region bordering Slovenia where the infected dead swans were found. It has told farmers there to keep their poultry in barns and has banned poultry trade in that area for at least 30 days.
On Saturday, authorities said birds had died from the highly pathogenic strain in southern regions of Italy and the northern part of Greece. This was the first time it had been detected in the 25-member EU.
http://www.bnr.bg/RadioBulgaria/Emission_English/News/1502++M1.htm