BIRD FLU ROUND UP FAO MIDDLE EAST AFRICA WARNING EU RESEARCH EU AID
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GLOOMY assessment from the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that not only could bird flu now be endemic in Turkey but that there is a serious risk of migratory birds from Africa this Spring carrying the pathogen further afield. The FAO has warned that the virus "could become entrenched in the Black Sea, Caucasus and Near East regions through trade and movement of people and animals", and noted that it has been spreading in Turkey, despite government poultry movement and slaughtering controls. This ...
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