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Article: Bird Flu May Arrive in U.S. This Year
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- March 21, 2006
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LIBBY QUAID, AP Food and Farm Writer
AP Online
03-21-2006
Dateline: WASHINGTON
Bird flu is likely to arrive this year in the United States, with the increased testing of tens of thousands of wild birds expected to reveal dozens of suspected cases, the Bush administration said Monday.
Officials will test 75,000 to 100,000 wild birds this year, or nearly six times the number screened since 1998, according to a government plan finalized Monday. The government also plans to quarantine and destroy any poultry flocks where the virus appears.
The wild bird testing could reveal 20 to 100 suspected cases of bird flu, although follow-up testing is likely to reveal "dozens" are false alarms, Interior ...