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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9352
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/avian flu

Highly pathogenic virus returns to Europe, starting with Hungary

Brussels, 25/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission announced the discovery of a “highly pathogenic” strain of avian flu virus at a goose farm in Hungary. This is the first case of bird flu notified in the EU since August 2006, when an infected bird had been discovered in Dresden Zoo, Germany. EU member states, that will be looking at the matter on Friday 26 January during a meeting in Brussels at veterinary expert level, “continue to apply strict biosafety...

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