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B2B H5N1 returns to Germany

Posted on October 09, 2008

Via Monsters and Critics.com, a Deutsche Presse-Agentur report: Bird flu returns to Germany. Excerpt:Bird flu has returned to Germany, with the H5N1 influenza virus breaking out among farm ducks in the eastern state of Saxony, officials said Thursday.It was the first proven appearance of the disease this year in Germany. Officials were preparing to slaughter the whole flock of ducks at Goerlitz, near the Polish border.Germany's national animal health laboratory on the Baltic island of Riems said the find was 'somewhat surprising' as the infection alert had been reduced to moderate after an out...

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