At least 1,678 chickens were destroyed after a reportedly infected chicken was discovered on a small poultry farm in the port city of Tema, 20km east of the capital, Accra, officials said on Thursday. International health officials fear avian influenza could mutate into a strain that is transmissible between humans, causing a worldwide pandemic that could claim millions of lives. To stem the possible spread of avian flu among its poultry, Ghana has banned the export of its birds pending...

As such, there are no chances of transmission of the viral disease from affected chickens to human beings, provided, of course, the food is properly cooked. Sajjad said that consumption of properly boiled eggs and chickens cooked at high temperature did not spread the avian influenza. She said that even in Saudi Arabia the sale of live chickens or birds would probably be banned by August 2007 and only frozen chicken meat will then be available. Karachi Technical experts and doctors claim...

QUICKSHARES Or GO Tue, 24 Apr 2007 You are in: Business >Features FEATURE Praise for secretive bird flu action Charlotte McDonald-Gibson Tue, 24 Apr 2007 Down a dirt road in a northeastern Yangon suburb, a large barn stands empty but for white feathers and piles of chicken excrement that hint at its former occupants. QUICKSHARES Or GO Tue, 24 Apr 2007 You are in: Business >Features FEATURE Praise for secretive bird flu action Charlotte McDonald-Gibson Tue, 24 Apr 2007 Down a dirt road in a...

government said on Monday 38 poultry farms in Indiana were given contaminated feed in early February containing melamine, with some of the chickens likely to have entered the food supply. At this time, the investigation indicates that approximately 30 broiler poultry farms and eight breeder poultry farms in Indiana received contaminated feed in early February and fed it to poultry within days of receiving it. Because the poultry being held have been fed adulterated products, USDA cannot...

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