27/08/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Saturday 25 August, the European Commission was informed by German authorities of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a duck farm in Bavaria, a region where infected wild birds were detected in July and early August. Upon suspicion of the virus, the German authorities immediately applied the necessary control measures laid down under EU legislation. On Monday afternoon, the Commission is expected to adopt a decision confirming the risk areas...