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http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=568412006
Bird flu threat is 'very dynamic'
IAN JOHNSTON
THE threat posed by bird flu is "very dynamic and uncertain" but Britain is doing everything it should to spot any further cases of the disease, according to a report by government veterinarians.
A full veterinary risk assessment was carried out following the discovery that a swan which died of the H5N1 strain of the disease, found in Cellardyke, Fife, was a migratory whooper swan rather than a native mute swan. A report published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs yesterday said: "We are still in a very dynamic and uncertain http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/N1203.Scotsman.carat/B1810154;sz=1x1;ord=0.6205098668877358?
"There have been widespread and sporadic detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza in dead wild birds in many locations across Europe over the past few months and further developments are likely."
However, it added: "At the time of writing, we do not consider that the new evidence on the species of dead swan significantly alters the outcome of our previous risk assessment.
"The intensified surveillance in the wild bird risk area is directed to early detection of spread to other birds in the area local to where the positive case was found and results to date are negative. Wild birds surveillance across Britain will continue in order to identify any disease outside this area."
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http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=568412006
Bird flu threat is 'very dynamic'
IAN JOHNSTON
THE threat posed by bird flu is "very dynamic and uncertain" but Britain is doing everything it should to spot any further cases of the disease, according to a report by government veterinarians.
A full veterinary risk assessment was carried out following the discovery that a swan which died of the H5N1 strain of the disease, found in Cellardyke, Fife, was a migratory whooper swan rather than a native mute swan. A report published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs yesterday said: "We are still in a very dynamic and uncertain http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/N1203.Scotsman.carat/B1810154;sz=1x1;ord=0.6205098668877358?
"There have been widespread and sporadic detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza in dead wild birds in many locations across Europe over the past few months and further developments are likely."
However, it added: "At the time of writing, we do not consider that the new evidence on the species of dead swan significantly alters the outcome of our previous risk assessment.
"The intensified surveillance in the wild bird risk area is directed to early detection of spread to other birds in the area local to where the positive case was found and results to date are negative. Wild birds surveillance across Britain will continue in order to identify any disease outside this area."
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