The Flu News Blog

Poultry cull imposed to stop bird flu outbreak in south Russia
RIA Novosti - ROSTOV-ON-DON, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - About 500,000 chickens will be culled at a poultry farm in southern Russia, where 35,000 birds have died from bird flu since late November, a source in the local emergencies service said on Wednesday. The

Chicago Considers Chicken Ban
ABC News - There are also concerns about parasites the birds might carry, and the possibility that they could transmit bird flu if it makes its way to the U.S., said Dr. Marek Digas, the supervising veterinarian at the city’s Commission on Animal Care and

H5N1 bird flu new sites found in Poland
Reuters UK - WARSAW (Reuters) - The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in two new sites in Poland on Wednesday, an official said. In the afternoon a new site was found at a small farm near the city of Elblag, in northern Poland, chief veterinary officer