The government says STOP AI aims to increase global capacity to contain H5N1 avian influenza in animals, minimizing its spread from animals to humans, and limiting the opportunity for it to develop into a pandemic strain. Announces New Bird Flu Program. Agency for International Development has announced a three-year, $35. Special Representative, Avian and Pandemic Influenza.

A health ministry official said on Wednesday second tests had confirmed a teenager, a 22-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man had died from bird flu in Indonesia. JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia announced three deaths from bird flu on Wednesday, taking its overall human toll from the virus to 69 fatalities, as its president called for international aid to help affected countries defeat the disease. The tests showed that they were infected by avian flu," Muhammad Nadirin at the health...

Get the latest industry news delivered right to your computer! The conference program on 24 April will be dedicated to key industry issues, while disease control will be the main topic on the final day. The annual general meeting will be held on the first day, 23 April, followed by a social event. An exhibition with 170 exhibitors will run parallel to the conference. For those interested in participating, please e-mail SAPA. Following the success of last year s conference, the South Africa...

After an initial panic, which saw many Egyptians get rid of their birds, people in rural areas have resumed raising domestic poultry to sell at public markets or as a source of cheap protein. Almost two months ago, the Egyptian government suspected that a mutated strain of the virus with "reduced susceptibility" to the Tamiflu vaccine had emerged. But medical experts confirmed shortly afterwards that the virus had in fact not mutated to a new and more dangerous strain transmitted between...

A group of scientists called CAST (Council for Agricultural Science and Technology) recently released a detailed research paper titled, Convergence of Agriculture and Energy: Implications for Research and Policy, that takes a comprehensive look at how biofuel development will affect our economy and environment. A group of scientists called CAST (Council for Agricultural Science and Technology) recently released a detailed research paper titled, Convergence of Agriculture and Energy:...