AVIAN INFLUENZA : FIRST CASE OF H5 AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS FOUND IN POLAND.(control of avian influenza) From: Europe Agri | Date: March 16, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Europe Information Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The avian influenza epidemic is continuing to wing its way across Europe, following confirmation on 5 March of the first case of the highly pathogenic H5 strain of the virus in Poland, in a swan found dead north-west of the Polish capital Warsaw. Samples will be sent to the Reference Laboratory in Weybridge, England, to determine whether the bird died as a result of the most pathogenic strain of the virus, the dreaded H5N1.

The Polish authorities have informed the Europe...

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