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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9014

27 August 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/bird flu
Member States find immediate risk of virus transmission in Europe low and decide against radical measures

Brussels, 26/08/2005 (Agence Europe) -The immediate risk that the bird flu virus can be transmitted by wild migratory birds is considered to be distant and low, and there is no call, for the time being, to follow the example of the Netherlands and decide to shut all free-range chickens inside. After their meeting in Brussels on Thursday, the veterinary experts of the Member States of the EU provided a certain reassurance about the risk of bird flu, which has recently appeared in Russia and...

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