Month: May 2015

By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) – An epidemic of bird flu that has devastated U.S. poultry flocks this year is likely to be under control within a few months as the United States steps up measures to contain the virus and the summer weather weakens it, senior officials said on Tuesday. There is, however, a high risk that bird flu strains could spread within the American continent, mainly Mexico, the head of the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said, calling on farmers and authorities to boost biosecurity measures. No new U.S. cases of the disease were confirmed on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a daily notice.
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