Bird flu on British farm may be linked to Dutch, German cases
By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) – Bird flu found on a duck farm in northern England might be linked to a highly contagious strain of the disease found this weekend at a poultry farm in the central Netherlands, as well as a case early this month in Germany. The head of the World Animal Health Organization told Reuters on Monday that the outbreaks could be linked as the virus is most often transmitted through wild birds. British authorities said the strain was serious for poultry but only a minimal danger to humans and was not the deadly H5N1. …
