Ramirez report (MP3) - Download 900K Listen to Ramirez report (MP3) Nations in Asia and Africa have had much success in stopping the spread of bird flu, but experts meeting in Bangkok this week say the H5N1 virus continues to spread in a number of countries. Ramirez report (MP3) - Download 900K Listen to Ramirez report (MP3) Nations in Asia and Africa have had much success in stopping the spread of bird flu, but experts meeting in Bangkok this week say the H5N1 virus continues to spread in...

Turkeys that, perchance, would be infected with avian influenza would never be taken to a production market; they would never be taken to a processing plant, he said. The only time humans have contracted avian influenza from poultry is from direct contact with live birds, such as those living in the homes with families in southeastern Asia, he said. That way we will kill any potential bacteria that may be on or inside of the meat itself, Davis said. Most whole turkeys will have about 70...

New fowlpox vaccine to be commercialised Monday, 29 October 2007 A new vaccine developed by CSIRO Livestock Industries to help control the common poultry disease, fowlpox, has been registered for commercial use by animal health company, Intervet Australia. New fowlpox vaccine to be commercialised Monday, 29 October 2007 A new vaccine developed by CSIRO Livestock Industries to help control the common poultry disease, fowlpox, has been registered for commercial use by animal health company,...

Robert Krug, a UT professor and chairman of molecular genetics and microbiology, recently received one of nine federal grants to develop drugs that could serve as a first line of defense against more deadly flu strains that periodically sweep the globe such as the 1918 pandemic that killed about 50 million people worldwide. A University of Texas scientist has $5 million in federal money and an important mission: to help save lives during the next influenza pandemic. Robert Krug, a UT...

Bounds has started to implement a dropout program and a redesign of high schools that would allow students to begin training for a trade at the junior-high level. Hairston said the governor's role in helping the Coast recover was invaluable because he knew the president, most of the members of Congress, and other governors. The Growth Alliance has taken a universal effort focusing on job creation, job retention and expansion and quality-of-life issues. In spite of Mississippi being...