Third in a series of reports on deadling with the threat from avian influenza. Yet people often do not follow the rules about preventing bird flu. What happens if you follow all these rules and someone in your family gets sick? How will you know if it is bird flu? People who could be infected with the bird flu virus will have difficulty breathing. Most bird flu cases in human beings have resulted from people touching infected farm birds, such as chickens, ducks or turkeys. The government...

Measures against bird flu cost Czech poultry breeders Kc1bn-press By Prague Daily Monitor/ TK / Published 2 May 2007 Prague, April 30 (CTK) - Measures taken last year owing to a risk of bird flu spread to the Czech Republic caused losses to the extent of Kc1bn to Czech poultry breeders, while pharmaceutical firms gained Kc1bn, the business daily Hospodarske noviny reported today. Measures against bird flu cost Czech poultry breeders Kc1bn-press By Prague Daily Monitor/ TK / Published 2 May...

Reducing over-regulation and ensuring that a new approach to environmental issues and climate change is not bound in red tape are key to assisting the poultry industry, food and environment minister Lord Rooker told the British Poultry Council (BPC) at its AGM and Annual Parliamentary Lunch. Reducing over-regulation and ensuring that a new approach to environmental issues and climate change is not bound in red tape are key to assisting the poultry industry, food and environment minister...

This season, the poultry trade is seen as main route by which the disease spreads, and the greatest threat the virus poses is that every instance a person contracts H5N1 from poultry offers a new possibility for mutation into a form which could spread rapidly between people. This season, the poultry trade is seen as main route by which the disease spreads, and the greatest threat the virus poses is that every instance a person contracts H5N1 from poultry offers a new possibility for...

vaccine for H5N1 avian influenza, the virus that has the potential to kill tens of millions across the globe, as a flu virus did in 1918. Six months would feel like an eternity, but if the vaccine worked, Americans would be far better off than in previous pandemics. Though the virus has accomplished only limited human-to-human transmission so far most victims get it from poultry the normal course of viral mutation could make H5N1 spread as rapidly as regular seasonal flu. Unfortunately,...

EDITORIAL Positive step in bird-flu battle The government plans to devote billions to a vital strategy to stave off and deal with a potential pandemic A few eyebrows were raised when the Social Development and Human Security Ministry said last week it was seeking a budget of Bt9 billion to put a comprehensive strategy in place to ensure Thailand is better prepared for a bird-flu outbreak. EDITORIAL Positive step in bird-flu battle The government plans to devote billions to a vital strategy...