Mass death of chickens in Trinidad

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   �Authorities investigate mass death of chickens 

in Trinidad

By LOREN BROWN | Associated Press 

January 10, 2006

CUMUTO, Trinidad - Trinidad's health minister called for calm Tuesday 

after more than 2,000 chickens died at several farms on this Caribbean 

island in the past five days, insisting that he doubts bird flu was the 

cause.

Samuel Jutzi, head of animal production and health services at the 

 U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, said the 

symptoms resembled those of bird flu, but also could

fit a range of other diseases.

"From the symptoms, one can not reliably tell what a bird died of," Jutzi 

said in a telephone interview from Rome, where the FAO is based.

He said it usually took laboratories two days to determine what virus or 

disease had led to a bird's death.

The FAO had been notified that Trinidadian authorities were testing the 

sick birds but was not asked to help, Jutzi said.

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Bird Deaths Not Avian Flu, Gov't Says

Inter Press Service (subscription),�Italy�- 24 Jan 2006

... loss of chickens on this scale is standard to the chicken industry 

worldwide," PATT said, adding, "The average mortality rate on farms in 

Trinidad and Tobago ... 

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	�Authorities investigate mass death of chickens in Trinidad By LOREN BROWN \| Associated Press January 10, 2006 CUMUTO, Trinidad - Trinidad's health minister called for calm Tuesday after more than 2,000 chickens died at several farms on this Caribbean island in the past five days, insisting that he doubts bird flu was the cause. Samuel Jutzi, head of animal production and health services at the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, said the symptoms resembled those of bird flu, but also could fit a range of other diseases. "From the symptoms, one can not reliably tell what a bird died of," Jutzi said in a telephone interview from Rome, where the FAO is based. He said it usually took laboratories two days to determine what virus or disease had led to a bird's death. The FAO had been notified that Trinidadian authorities were testing the sick birds but was not asked to help, Jutzi said. http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/37552.html Bird Deaths Not Avian Flu, Gov't Says Inter Press Service (subscription),�Italy�- 24 Jan 2006 ... loss of chickens on this scale is standard to the chicken industry worldwide," PATT said, adding, "The average mortality rate on farms in Trinidad and Tobago ... http:// www.freenewmexican.com/news/37552.html