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Romania: 11,000 farms H5N1 positive
Health // Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Two new suspected cases of bird flu surface in Romania
Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 15-Mar-2006 00:41 hrs
A Romanian health worker carries a goose from the southeastern village of Borcea on March 7. Two new suspected cases of bird flu discovered on two farms in southeast Romania are being analyzed to determine if they constitute the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease.
Two new suspected cases of bird flu discovered on two farms in southeast Romania are being analyzed to determine if they constitute the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease. .
"Samples taken from poultry at the two households are currently being analyzed in a laboratory in Bucharest to determine if they are truly the H5N1 form," said Gabriel Predoi, director of Romania's National Health-Veterinary Agency (ANSV).
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If the H5N1 strain is confirmed in the new cases from the towns of Dunarea and Valea Nucarilor, more than 30,000 birds will have to be slaughtered in the coming days, say authorities. .
With quarantines in place in affected areas across the country, Romania is one of the European countries most severely hit by bird flu. .
More than 300,000 chickens on some 11,000 farms have been slaughtered since the country's first case was discovered October 7. ? AFP
Two new suspected cases of bird flu surface in Romania
Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 15-Mar-2006 00:41 hrs
A Romanian health worker carries a goose from the southeastern village of Borcea on March 7. Two new suspected cases of bird flu discovered on two farms in southeast Romania are being analyzed to determine if they constitute the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease.
Two new suspected cases of bird flu discovered on two farms in southeast Romania are being analyzed to determine if they constitute the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease. .
"Samples taken from poultry at the two households are currently being analyzed in a laboratory in Bucharest to determine if they are truly the H5N1 form," said Gabriel Predoi, director of Romania's National Health-Veterinary Agency (ANSV).
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If the H5N1 strain is confirmed in the new cases from the towns of Dunarea and Valea Nucarilor, more than 30,000 birds will have to be slaughtered in the coming days, say authorities. .
With quarantines in place in affected areas across the country, Romania is one of the European countries most severely hit by bird flu. .
More than 300,000 chickens on some 11,000 farms have been slaughtered since the country's first case was discovered October 7. ? AFP
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