Wild Goose Had H5N1 Bird Flu Strain, Say Greek Authorities
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Article Date: 13 Feb 2006 - 16:00 PDT
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The Greek Agriculture Ministry said that a European Union laboratory has confirmed the pathogenic H5N1 strain in a sample of the Skyros wild goose. Skyros is a Greek island in the Aegean sea.
This is now the fourth bird found to have the H5N1 bird flu virus strain in Greece. Three swans were found to be infected in Thermaikos a couple of days ago.
So far, Greek authorities say no farmed poultry has been infected.
Bird flu has made its way from Vietnam three years ago to Italy and Nigeria (west Africa). The bird flu virus is gradually spreading into more European countries with Bulgaria announcing that some birds are also infected.
Written by: Christian Nordqvist
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