sharon sanders
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October 9, 2008
Germany: Farm Duck Tests Positive For H5N1
# 2374
Not much in the way of details have been released, but the news wires are carrying this report of a farm in eastern Germany where a duck (or possibly ducks) have tested positive for the H5N1 virus.
This would make the first detection of the virus in Germany since December of 2007.
Farm duck positive for H5N1 bird flu in Germany
The Associated Press
Published: October 9, 2008
DRESDEN, Germany: Authorities say a duck at a farm in eastern Germany has tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.
The social affairs ministry in the eastern state of Saxony says the farm near Goerlitz on the Polish border has been sealed off.
The ministry said Thursday that the farm has more than 1,000 birds, including turkeys and geese.
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Germany: Farm Duck Tests Positive For H5N1
# 2374
Not much in the way of details have been released, but the news wires are carrying this report of a farm in eastern Germany where a duck (or possibly ducks) have tested positive for the H5N1 virus.
This would make the first detection of the virus in Germany since December of 2007.
Farm duck positive for H5N1 bird flu in Germany
The Associated Press
Published: October 9, 2008
DRESDEN, Germany: Authorities say a duck at a farm in eastern Germany has tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.
The social affairs ministry in the eastern state of Saxony says the farm near Goerlitz on the Polish border has been sealed off.
The ministry said Thursday that the farm has more than 1,000 birds, including turkeys and geese.
(Continue )