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France takes measures to prevent spread of bird flu to humans
France takes measures to prevent spread of bird flu to humans PARIS, June 8 (Xinhua) - France has done a lot of work to prevent a possible massive spread of bird flu to human beings, French government health consultant Didier Houssin said on Wednesday. According to the World Health Organization

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France reports suspected case of bird flu at farm
France reports suspected case of bird flu at farm PARIS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) - After the announcement of the second wild duck has been confirmed infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in France, bird flu has been detected on a turkey farm in France, officials said Thursday. The suspected

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France vows to fight spread of deadly bird flu
France vows to fight spread of deadly bird flu PARIS, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) - French Health Minister Xavier Bertrand said Sunday that France was taking all necessary steps to prevent the spread of the virus H5N1. He termed the strain in a wild duck found dead in the central- eastern Ain Department as

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France confirms EU's first H5N1 bird flu outbreak in commercial poultry
JULIEN PROULT, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-25-2006 Dateline: PARIS The European Union's first outbreak of the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu in commercial poultry was confirmed Saturday in France, the EU's largest poultry producer. France's farming ministry said lab tests confirmed

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France confirms first case of H5N1 bird flu virus
JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-19-2006 Dateline: PARIS France has confirmed its first case of the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus, following lab tests on a wild duck found dead in a southeastern village. The duck was found Monday in a bird reserve some 30 kilometers (20 miles)

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11 new bird flu cases in France
Government issues guidelines for British holidaymakers visiting countries struck by lethal virus Lizzie Murphy ELEVEN new cases of bird flu have been identified in France in an area already hit by the lethal virus. Laboratory tests detected the H5N1 virus in a heron, a duck and in nine swans,

Publication: Yorkshire Post

India and France report first bird flu cases in fowl
BOMBAY, India - India and France both confirmed their first outbreak of the deadly strain of bird flu among fowl, and on Sunday health officials and farm workers in western India began slaughtering a half-million birds to check the spread of the disease. Tens of thousands of chickens have died

Publication: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

India, France find bird flu in poultry
BOMBAY, India - India and France both confirmed their first outbreak of the deadly strain of bird flu among fowl, and today health officials and farm workers in western India began slaughtering a half-million birds to check the spread of the disease. Tens of thousands of chickens have died from

Publication: Sunday Gazette-Mail

France finds bird flu in dead swans in eastGovernment raises alert level to '...
International Herald Tribune 07-06-2007 Tests have confirmed that three swans found dead in eastern France died from the H5N1 bird flu virus, France's first cases of the disease in more than a year, the Agriculture Ministry said Thursday. The government raised its alert level to ''high'' as a

Publication: International Herald Tribune

Roundup: France confirms first bird flu outbreak on farm, EU to launch public...
Roundup: France confirms first bird flu outbreak on farm, EU to launch public awareness campaign PARIS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) - The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has hit a turkey farm in southeast France, the first such case reported in the European Union (EU), the French government said on Saturday,

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