VALLETTA, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Birds found dead on a ship at Malta Freeport on Sunday died of natural causes and not of avian flu, the Malta Veterinary Service said on Monday. The discovery of the birds sparked a bird flu alert in which the Limassol-registered ship, which had sailed from Taiwan, was sealed off and its crew quarantined. The veterinary service said two of the dead birds found on the ...
TORONTO: Canada has attacked Australia's decision to ban its bird imports because three racing pigeons were found to have unspecified avian-flu antibodies. A senior official with Canada's Food Inspection Agency called it a knee-jerk reaction. Jim Clark said there was no evidence the pigeons had been infected with the deadly H5N1 virus that originated in South-East Asia, but had not ...
