Saudi Arabia culls birds after avian flu found
( The China Post )

Friday, November 16, 2007
Reuters

RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia has culled 50,000 birds at a poultry farm near the capital of Riyadh, which were found to have a deadly strain of bird flu, Saudi media reported Thursday.

Study says wild birds unlikely to bring H5N1 to Americas
Robert Roos News Editor


Nov 16, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – An analysis of influenza viruses collected from North American migratory birds over a 6-year period suggests that wild birds rarely carry avian flu viruses between Eurasia and North America, implying that the risk of the deadly H5N1 virus reaching the Americas by that route is probably low.

Turkeys culled in fears that avian flu may have spread to a second farm
( TIMES ONLINE )

Valerie Elliott, Countrsyide Editor

Turkeys suspected of being infected with avian flu were being culled at a second farm in Suffolk yesterday.