Infected Canada birds unlikely to have H5N1 virus
Posted on: Monday, 31 October 2005, 13:46 CST
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Around three dozen birds found to be carrying a kind of bird flu are unlikely to be suffering from the H5N1 killer strain which has spread from Southeast Asia to Europe, a top Canadian health official said on Monday.
"The evidence we have observed strongly indicates that these healthy birds were not infected with the same virus that is currently present in Asia," Jim Clark of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency told a news conference.
A total of 33 birds in Canada were found to be carrying the H5 version of the virus.
Source: REUTERS
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