Brand new JSE listing Country Bird Holdings chief executive Kevin James is on the line to Classic Business Day about how their first day went LINDSAY WILLIAMS: Integrated poultry and stock feed business operation Country Bird Holdings consists of Supreme Poultry, Nutri Feeds and poultry breeding operations Ross Africa. Brand new JSE listing Country Bird Holdings chief executive Kevin James is on the line to Classic Business Day about how their first day went LINDSAY WILLIAMS: Integrated...

more 04/26/2007 . 11:57 Animal Protection Union criticizes bird flu drill Sigr dur sgeirsd ttir, director of the Animal Protection Union of Iceland, has criticized the extermination of 2,500 healthy birds in a bird flu drill organized by the Agricultural Authority of Iceland on Tuesday. more 04/26/2007 . 11:57 Animal Protection Union criticizes bird flu drill Sigr dur sgeirsd ttir, director of the Animal Protection Union of Iceland, has criticized the extermination of 2,500 healthy birds...

Apr 26, 2007 (CIDRAP News) The World Health Organization (WHO) says nations and vaccine manufacturers agreed yesterday that it may be feasible to set up a world stockpile of H5N1 influenza vaccine and find a way to ensure that developing countries could access pandemic flu vaccine supplies. Apr 26, 2007 (CIDRAP News) The World Health Organization (WHO) says nations and vaccine manufacturers agreed yesterday that it may be feasible to set up a world stockpile of H5N1 influenza vaccine and...

Each title is a link to the full article. Scientists: new bird flu strains emerging and on the move DNA analysis of 36 strains of the H5N1 virus from Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Vietnam shows that new strains have developed and that the virus has recently spread west from Asia (Source: CCNews) E-Guide to Science Communication. SciDev.net News on your Desktop. Scientists: new bird flu strains emerging and on the move DNA analysis of 36 strains of the H5N1 virus from Africa, Europe,...

The vaccine was expected to be a stopgap measure until a vaccine can be developed that addresses the specific pandemic strain of the virus. The most deadly influenza pandemic in the 20th century occurred in 1918, which killed as many as 50 million people worldwide. Santibanez, a physician trained in infectious diseases who now heads the CDC's partnership with faith-based and community organizations, said it was not a question of if a pandemic would hit, but when. Santibanez said that any...