1. Bird Flu in South Korea, Egypt, Indonesia (January 22, 2007)
South Korean official revealed plans to cull “273,000 poultry within a 500 meter radius” while Egypt reported the 11th death and Indonesia culled thousands of chicken after the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was found.<More>

2. New Bird Flu Strain (November 10, 2006)
A new strain of bird flu virus, like the one originally found in China’s Fujian Province by researchers from the University of Hong Kong and American St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital at Tennessee, has spread to 6 other provinces and 3 other countries.<More>

3. Poultry Broiler Set to Grow (September 27, 2006)
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) predicted that India’s poultry broiler meat productions is likely to grow by 10% to 2.2 million tons (mt) in 2007 because of strong domestic demand and the nation is free from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).<More>

4. India Wants Bird Flu-Free Label (August 01, 2006)
In order to resume exports of profitable chicken meat and eggs, India is considering asking the Organisation Internationale d’épizootie (OIE) (also known as the World Organization of Animal Health) to gain a avian influenza (bird flu) free status.< More>

5. ADB Fund for Bird Flu (July 14, 2006)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has disbursed more than USD 11 million to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).<More>

6. Bird Flu Spreads in Indonesia  (May 17, 2006)
Indonesia said that it found the H5N1 virus in its easternmost province Papua among fighting cocks possibly imported from neighboring Sulawesei Island.<More>

7. Govt Capitulates to Poultry Industry (April 18, 2006)
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar capitulated to poultry industry demands to not introduce mandatory bird flu vaccinations of poultry and also promised to upgrade laboratories, a 3-lab verification before declaration of disease, a zone-affected areas.<More>

8. No Drop in Bird Flu Cases over summer (March 27, 2006)
With the onset of summer, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the bird flu virus is not going to die with the hot weather as once the virus is in an animal, it will continue to survive regardless of ambient weather conditions.
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9. UNEP Says 80% Birds at Risk from Bird Flu (March 24, 2006)
The UN Environment Program (UNEP) says that the avian flu may affect over 80% of known bird species and 54 threatened species like fish eagles, rabbits, otters, etc. and be a larger risk than imagined.<More>

10. US Finds New H5N1 Subtype (March 23, 2006)
As India is trying to deal with the bird flu outbreak in Navapur an Jalgaoan, US scientists revealed that the virus has mutated to a different subtype that can be transmitted to humans.<More>

11. Humans Test Negative, Strange Bird Tests Reported (March 21, 2006)
As bird flu culling continues in Jalgaon district, all suspected human cases have tested negative but more human sickness and strange bird death have been reported in Jharkhand, Uttaranchal, and Aligarh.<More>

12. 4 More Districts Report Outbreak (March 18, 2006)
Even as 64,000 birds were culled in Jalgaon district, the bird flu epidemic spread, 4 more districts reported the death of birds due to mysterious circumstances.<More>

13. Contingency plans to check Bird Flu (March 17, 2006)
In a belated move, the Government has at last woken up to the reality of bird flu epidemic in India and released a contingency plan with specific timelines for all the states to follow.<More>

14. Culling of 70,000 birds begins (March 16, 2006)
The Government dispatched several Rapid Response teams to cull 70,000 birds as a precautionary measure to check the spread of the dreaded H5N1 virus in a 10-kilometer radius around Jalgaon covering 173 villages.<More>

15. Bird Flu is back (March 15, 2006)
Just as the Government claimed that the dreaded H5N1 bird flu was contained to Navapur district, fresh reports surfaced of an outbreak in Jalgaon district adjoining Navapur.<More>

16. No Human Infections Claims Govt (March 14, 2006)
Indian Health authorities said that all human cases suspected to have contracted the dreaded H5N1 virus have all tested negative.<More>

17. Bird Flu to Cross Atlantic in 6 Months (March 10, 2006)
Chief of UN operations controlling the spread of the dreaded avian flu H5N1 Dr. David Nabarro said that the virus fast spreading in Asia, Europe, and Africa is likely to jump the Atlantic from 6 months to a year.<More>

18. Pakistan Reports Bird Flu (March 01, 2006)
Pakistan reported that the bird flu hit two districts in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). <More>

19. Epidemiological Study Required to Understand India Outbreak (February 28, 2006)
At the end of a two-day meeting of the Asia Pacific Advisory Committee on Influenza (APACI), AIIMS Department of Medicine representative Randeep Guleria speculated that the H5N1 virus will die as the summer peaks. <More>

20. Bird Flu Virus Spreads to Gujarat (February 27, 2006)
The district bordering Maharashtra’s Navapur in Gujarat has reported incidents of chickens being infected with the dreaded H5N1 bird flu virus.<More>

21. Poultry Manufacturers Campaign to Boost Sales (February 25, 2006)
With the story of bird flu off the front pages of newspapers, eclipsed by budget information, large poultry manufacturers are planning to initiate a campaign that will revive their business.<More>

22. Most Samples Test H5N1 Negative (February 24, 2006)
The Health Ministry said that 94 of 95 samples tested negative of bird flu virus.<More>

23. Govt Reluctantly Accepts Bird Flu Outbreak (February 23, 2006)
After consistently denying human infections, the Health Ministry said that there is "distinct possibility" of humans being infected by the virus and that those suspected of infection have been quarantined.<More>

24. Govt Claims Bird Flu “Localized” (February 22, 2006)
The Government claimed that the outbreak of bird flu virus is localized to an area of 3 to 10 kilometers and that all precautionary measures have been taken. <More>

25. H5N1 Bird Flu Virus in India Confirmed (February 21, 2006)
Over 27,000 chickens have died in the last 15-day in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra and 70% of them are from the H5N1 bird flu virus strain. <More>

26. Australian Company Claims Bird Flu Vaccine (February 21, 2006)
CSL Ltd of Australia reported that it has produced the smallest vaccine does that can protect humans against the bird flu virus. <More>

27. Bird Flu Affects Indian Poultry Business (February 20, 2006)
The dreaded H5N1 bird flu reached India in the tribal Nandurbar district of Maharashtra and about 50,000 poultry are suspected to have been infected. <More>

28. Maharashtra Govt. Denies Bird Flu Outbreak (February 18, 2006)
The Maharashtra Government said that the death of 1000 chicken on its border with Gujarat is due the Ranikhet or Newcastle disease and not due to the dreaded H5N1 avian flu virus. <More>

29. EU Bans Import of Meat (February 17, 2006)
The scare of the dreaded H5N1 bird flu virus spread in Europe with Germany reporting its first outbreak.<More>

30. Italy & Greece Report H5N1 Outbreak (February 14, 2006)
Italy and Greece reported the outbreak of dreaded H5N1 bird flue virus in wild birds.<More>

31. Nigerian Bird Flu Outbreak Spreads (February 13, 2006)
Nigerian officials are desperately trying to contain the spread of the dreaded H5N1 avian flu virus that has resulted in the culling of several hundred poultry in Kano, a large trading city with millions of people. <More>