Germany Finds Avian Flu; France, Austria Test Fowl

I wonder who is next. SO far we have been lucky IMHO but this remains a potiental disease flash point and we need to keep up our guard

July 4 (Bloomberg) -- German authorities confirmed that a wild bird was found carrying the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the central state of Thuringia.

An additional bird is being tested for avian influenza, the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut in Riems said. Officials sealed off an area within 3 kilometers (2 miles) of where the bird was found, Thuringia officials said in a release yesterday.
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