Bird Flu Found in Stone Marten in Germany
Friday, March 10, 2006; 9:42 AM, By DAVID McHUGH

BERLIN -- A weasel-like animal called a stone marten was infected with the deadly bird flu virus, marking the disease's spread to another mammal species, a German laboratory said Thursday.

The sickly animal was found on the north German island of Ruegen, where three cats and dozens of wild birds have been infected with the disease, the agriculture ministry of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania said.