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Article Last Updated: 01/09/2007 04:55:19 PM AKST
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<SCRIPT language=JavaScript> if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } </SCRIPT>State officials say there were no signs of the deadly strain of bird flu from tests conducted in Alaska last year. Tom Rothe, a waterfowl coordinator with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, says roughly 21,000 wild birds in Alaska were tested for bird flu.
Rothe says the number exceeded state and federal goals. Scientists were concerned that the deadly strain would show up first in wild migratory birds in Alaska, and then spread to the rest of North America.
Rothe says he expects Fish and Game to sample more birds this year. But he says the extent of sampling will depend on a lot of factors, including global bird flu trends.
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Article Last Updated: 01/09/2007 04:55:19 PM AKST
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<SCRIPT language=JavaScript> if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } </SCRIPT>State officials say there were no signs of the deadly strain of bird flu from tests conducted in Alaska last year. Tom Rothe, a waterfowl coordinator with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, says roughly 21,000 wild birds in Alaska were tested for bird flu.
Rothe says the number exceeded state and federal goals. Scientists were concerned that the deadly strain would show up first in wild migratory birds in Alaska, and then spread to the rest of North America.
Rothe says he expects Fish and Game to sample more birds this year. But he says the extent of sampling will depend on a lot of factors, including global bird flu trends.
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