Quarantine imposed on all poultry farms in Russia

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UPDATE: Quarantine imposed on all poultry farms in Russia

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050802/41078180.html

02/08/2005 21:53 MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) - A quarantine has been introduced at all poultry farms in Russia after the bird flu virus was discovered in the Novosibirsk region (Siberia), the Agriculture Ministry said.

According to the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision, research shows the bird disease was caused by the H5N1 virus and preliminarily spread by migrant birds from South East Asia. The bird flu was discovered in 14 settlements in five districts of the Novosibirsk region, in a village of the Altai Territory (southern Siberia), and in a village of the Tyumen region (West Siberia).

Information is being verified in other regions where bird deaths have been reported.

The incineration of diseased birds and of birds that may have come in contact with them in a number of villages suspected of bird flu outbreaks allowed the virus to be localized.

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision is doing everything possible to control and eliminate the areas of infection and is taking sanitary measures, including instructing the population on rules of sanitation for poultry.

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1. H5N1 in Europe

It looks like H5N1 has already spread further west and is Europe

http://news.google.com/news?q=h5n1%20bird%20flu%20europe&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wn

[fasttense]

2. Oh crap, just what we need. n/t

[StrafingMoose]

3. Sucks...

It's not like the Russians are swimming in a vast sea of overproduction of food.

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4. H5N1 Spread in Europe

It will be more than Russian. All of Europe will soon have H5N1.