Deadly H5N1 bird flu found in dead UK swan: report

EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu
has been found in a Mute swan found dead in a small Scottish
coastal town last week, Britain’s Sky television reported on
Thursday, quoting sources.

Officials from the Scottish Department of Environment said
they had not yet received the test results.

The discovery in the wild bird of the virulent strain that
has been blamed for 108 human deaths elsewhere since 2003 would
make Britain the 14th country in the European Union to find the
disease on its territory.