Deadly H5N1 bird flu found in dead UK swan: report
Posted on: Thursday, 6 April 2006, 06:28 CDT
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.
Source: REUTERS
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