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H5N1 avian flu confirmed in dead wild bird in Scotland.
M2 PRESSWIRE-7 April 2006-UK Government: H5N1 avian flu confirmed in dead wild bird in Scotland(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06042006 Tests from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) have confirmed that the sample from the swan found dead in Fife, Scotland did contain the highly

Publication: M2 Presswire

DID THE SWAN HAVE THE DEADLY STRAIN? Nation on alert ahead of bird flu test r...
TESTS were today expected to reveal if a swan found on a Fife harbour slipway had brought the deadliest strain of bird flu to Scotland. Health experts have confirmed the dead swan found in Cellardyke has tested positive for H5 avian flu. Further tests were carried out overnight to see if it was the

Publication: Evening Times

Bird flu is found in dead swan in Scotland.(News)
A strain of bird flu has been found in a dead swan in Scotland, health officials said last night. The Scottish Executive said preliminary tests had found highly pathogenic H5 avian flu in a sample from the bird. The H5 strain is a contagious strain and can fatal to birds. Further tests are being

Publication: The Birmingham Post (England)

Bird flu H5 confirmed in dead swan in Scotland
Bird flu H5 confirmed in dead swan in Scotland LONDON, April 5 (Xinhua) - Preliminary tests have confirmed the H5 avian flu virus in a sample from a swan found dead in Central Scotland, local health officials said Wednesday. A statement from the Scottish Executive said tests had found the "highly

Publication: Xinhua News Agency

Poultry slaughter plan if bird flu hits Scotland Six-mile killzone revealed a...
POULTRY will be slaughtered within six miles of any outbreak of bird flu in Scotland in a bid to halt what European Ministers are calling a "global threat". The Scottish Executive revealed how it will react if the disease is discovered here, saying birds in the infected area will be gassed,

Publication: Evening Times

Bird flu tsar to tackle pandemic Senior expert will take charge in Scotland
SCOTLAND is to get a new senior health official to take charge of plans to cope with a worldwide outbreak of the bird flu which experts fear could kill millions. The creation of the new post - which is being advertised with a salary of up to pounds-50,000 - shows just how seriously the Scottish

Publication: The Sunday Herald

Bird flu would reach Scotland 'within weeks'
SCOTLAND will be hit by a deadly strain of the bird flu virus within three weeks of a pandemic starting in Asia, Scotland's top doctor has warned. Dr Mac Armstrong, the Scottish Executive's chief medical officer, also warned that more than a third of the country's workforce would be knocked out by

Publication: Scotland on Sunday

Bird flu threat to Scotland's shooting industry; [pounds sterling]200MILLION ...
Byline: STUART NICOLSON SCOTLAND'S lucrative game shooting sector faces the prospect of 'financial ruin' because of bird flu, experts warned yesterday. The multimillion pound industry lures thousands of foreign visitors every year, who pay handsomely for the privilege of shooting birds on some of

Publication: The Daily Mail (London, England)

Wild duck shot in Scotland found to be suffering from strain of bird flu
A DUCK shot in Scotland was suffering from a strain of bird flu, it emerged yesterday, amid growing fears of human cases of the virus in Turkey. The mallard, shot in West Lothian in October, was tested in a UK- wide survey of hundreds of birds to check for the virus. Out of 280 birds shot and

Publication: The Scotsman

Bird flu is found in Scotland.(News)
SCOTLAND'S first case of bird flu has been confirmed after a dead swan tested positive for the virus. A preliminary examination of the bird showed it died of H5 avian flu. Urgent inquiries are now being carried out to establish which strain of the disease the bird had. If it is found to be H5N1 -

Publication: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)