Nigeria Blames Smugglers for Bird Flu as Greece Probes Outbreak
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria blamed smugglers for bird-flu infections that have spread to at least four farms, as authorities in Greece and Bulgaria probe possible outbreaks of the lethal H5N1 virus strain, the first in the European Union.
The ``activities of illegal importers and smugglers of pets and birds'' brought the virus to Nigeria, Agriculture Minister Adamu Bello said yesterday as the virus was found on three more farms. The World Organization for Animal Health said migratory birds most likely introduced the disease, which killed 40,000 fowl in an initial outbreak in Nigeria that began a month ago.
Dead swans discovered in Greece and Bulgaria were infected with an H5 subtype of the avian influenza virus, government officials said yesterday. Tests are under way to determine whether it is the same strain that has killed birds in 20 countries and infected at least 166 people, killing 88 of them.
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria blamed smugglers for bird-flu infections that have spread to at least four farms, as authorities in Greece and Bulgaria probe possible outbreaks of the lethal H5N1 virus strain, the first in the European Union.
The ``activities of illegal importers and smugglers of pets and birds'' brought the virus to Nigeria, Agriculture Minister Adamu Bello said yesterday as the virus was found on three more farms. The World Organization for Animal Health said migratory birds most likely introduced the disease, which killed 40,000 fowl in an initial outbreak in Nigeria that began a month ago.
Dead swans discovered in Greece and Bulgaria were infected with an H5 subtype of the avian influenza virus, government officials said yesterday. Tests are under way to determine whether it is the same strain that has killed birds in 20 countries and infected at least 166 people, killing 88 of them.
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