Article: Malaysia bans import of pet birds to avert bird flu

Article: Europe Said to Be Prepared for Bird Flu
AP Online;  October 24, 2005 ;     700+ words ......against the spread of bird flu. Also ducks and other...positioned to contain bird flu and prevent a feared human...deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been confirmed in...found last week had it. Bird flu still poses the greatest...infected with the H5 type of bird ...

Article: Europe Said to Be -Prepared for Bird Flu
AP Online;  October 24, 2005 ;     700+ words ......against the spread of bird flu. Also ducks and other...positioned to contain bird flu and prevent a feared human...deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been confirmed in...found last week had it. Bird flu still poses the greatest...infected with the H5 type of bird ...

Article: World health officials say Europe well-prepared for bird flu but must brace for the worst
AP Worldstream;  October 24, 2005 ;     680 words ......is well positioned to contain bird flu and prevent a feared human flu...Nations and European Union said at a bird flu strategy session Monday. Health...swans. The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been confirmed in Russia...found last week had H5N1. But bird flu still ...

Article: Hong Kong government offers new bird flu advice: Don't kiss your pets
AP Worldstream;  October 25, 2005 ;     249 words ......samples taken from imported pet birds in the past nine months...has been positive for bird flu. Traders have to obtain...world's first outbreak of bird flu in humans was recorded...latest global outbreak of bird flu has largely spared Hong...

Article: EU extends bird flu ban on Russian bird imports
AP Worldstream;  October 20, 2005 ;     398 words ......extending a ban on the import of pet birds and feathers to cover most...laboratory on a Greek island bird flu sample were negative for...endorsed a ban on imports of pet birds and feathers from Siberia...Moscow informed the EU that bird flu had reached western ...

Article: China reports second death from bird flu, calls it 'serious epidemic'
AP Worldstream;  November 24, 2005 ;     606 words ......human death from bird flu, and its largest...will ban sales of pet birds as part of increasingly...chickens, has called bird flu a "serious epidemic...reported three new bird flu outbreaks in poultry...date for the ban on pet birds to go into effect...from ...

Article: No new bird flu case in Malaysia: veterinary department
Xinhua News Agency;  August 29, 2004 ;     256 words ...No new bird flu case in Malaysia: veterinary department...for consumption as no new case of bird flu has been detected in the country...monitoring and inspection on poultry and pet birds nationwide would be continued. After the occurrence of the bird flu case in the ...

Article: BUDGIES DUMPED IN BIRD FLU WORRY; EXCLUSIVE Stay calm, says RSPB.(News)
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  March 12, 2006 ;     539 words ......destroy nests, release pet birds into the wild and...prevent the spread of bird flu. But we are getting...been inundated with pet birds dumped by owners panicking about bird flu. Budgies, parrots...aspinall@mrn.co.uk BIRD FLU: THE FACT Avian...commercial, ...

Article: EU extends bird flu ban on Russian bird imports; performs further tests on Greek samples
AP Worldstream;  October 20, 2005 ;     535 words ......extending a ban on the import of pet birds and feathers to cover most...laboratory on a Greek island bird flu sample were negative for...endorsed a ban on imports of pet birds and feathers from Siberia...Moscow informed the EU that bird flu had reached western ...

Article: Trinidad bans imports of pet birds to prevent spread of bird flu
AP Worldstream;  November 11, 2005 ;     323 words ......Trinidad has banned all imports of pet birds as a preventive measure against the spread of bird flu, an official said Friday. Trinidad has closed its borders to pet birds until further notice and banned all...their surveillance methods and improve bird quarantine facilities. ...

Article: South American nations to create fund to fight bird flu, other animal diseases
AP Worldstream;  November 11, 2005 ;     528 words ......possible emergence of bird flu, although there have...closed its borders to pet birds until further notice...Courtnay Rooks said. Bird flu was one of several concerns...finding a mild strain of bird flu on three farms in early...

Article: Pets are dumped in bird flu panic.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  March 4, 2006 ;     265 words ...SCORES of pet birds have been dumped at animal...by owners panicking about bird flu. Budgies, parrots, geese...24 hours after it emerged bird flu had killed a tom on an island...Yorkshire. Since the current bird flu epidemic emerged in 2003...

Article: Don't panic over bird flu; RSPB MESSAGE AS HYSTERIA GRIPS.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  March 14, 2006 ;     378 words ......from people in a flap over bird flu. Charity officials said two...even tried to hand in their pet birds, fearful they might pass on...and she wondered if it had bird flu. Another lady from Ruthin...wondered if they might have bird flu. She was concerned because...hype , ...

Article: Fed: Bird flu makes jittery neighbours want to fly the coup
AAP General News (Australia);  November 4, 2005 ;     135 words ......Australia) 11-04-2005 Fed: Bird flu makes jittery neighbours want...veterinarian says people with pet birds are panicking about the threat of bird flu affecting their pets. Brisbane bird flu specialist BOB DONELEY says...neighbour's pet budgie catching bird ...