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Posted: February 07 2006 at 11:54pm |
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 |
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