Brussels, 13/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Commission approved the vaccination programme against bird flu in the Italian regions of Venetia and Lombardy and has imposed restrictions on the transport of living birds, hatching eggs, table eggs and fresh poultry meat. Bird flu is a highly contagious viral infection. The virus exists in a low level pathogen form that can develop into epidemics. Transformation into one form or another can occur if the virus mutates....