These measures include sea birds random monitoring and the full implementation of bio security in poultry farms and home grown chickens. The arrest comes months after President Michelle Bachelet proposed increasing the maximum sentence for intellectual copyright law violations from 540 days to five years in prison, and a 400 percent increase in maximum fines (ST April 25) Ral Iturriaga Neumann, a former top-ranked secret police operative during the Pinochet military regime, recently...

successfully controlled an outbreak of bird flu earlier this year by slaughtering about 150,000 birds at a Bernard Matthews Holdings ltd. poultry plant. Measures in place to restrict the movement of poultry in the event of an outbreak at as many as 20 farms would contain the spread, the panel said in a summary of the report, which was published today. Abattoirs where poultry stocks are killed before the meat is prepared for human consumption are lightning rods for a spread of the disease,...

Carrington says successful development of a nasal dry powder bird flu vaccine could help the nation prepare for a bird flu epidemic, and could speed up inoculations against the deadly threat because a powdered vaccine could be stockpiled without the need for refrigeration. Carrington subsidiary to test bird flu vaccine - Dallas Business Journal: Carrington says successful development of a nasal dry powder bird flu vaccine could help the nation prepare for a bird flu epidemic, and could...

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Today's announcement follows a USDA statement 6 days ago that testing at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa, revealed the birds had antibodies to an H5N1 virus, indicating they were possibly exposed to a low-pathogenic strain, but further testing was needed to pinpoint the specific virus. Printable Page USDA lab confirms low-path H5N1 strain in Virginia turkeys. Today's announcement follows a USDA statement 6 days ago that testing at the National Veterinary...