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Ella Fitzgerald
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Posted: February 04 2006 at 1:04pm |
Bulgaria finds more dead swans, tests for bird flu
Sat 4 Feb 2006 11:44 AM ET
SOFIA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Bulgaria tested dozens of waterfowl found dead in its wet zones on Saturday, a day after it detected its first case of bird flu in a sick swan that could be dangerous to humans. |
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Connecting the dots in Bulgaria
There has been speculation that some unexplained Avian deaths in Bulgaria and neighbouring countries have been because of unusually low temperatures recently (true), which resulted in an unseasonably warm winter hear in Canada (true :-). I've checked the average monthly February for Bulgaria and most recently today's daily hi/low temperatures. Bulgaria - Average Temperatures February - Average (Historical) 41.0 F - Average Daily High 26.8 F - Average Daily Low High: 41° - Todays’ Temp - High Low: 25° - Todays's Temp - Low Edited by Rick |
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Updated: 2006-02-05 09:55
Bulgaria tested dozens of waterfowl found dead in its wet zones on Saturday, a day after it detected its first case of bird flu in a sick swan that could be dangerous to humans. "We received some 26 dead wild birds today and we took samples for testing. The tests take four days," Bulgaria's chief veterinarian Zheko Baichev said. Bulgaria stepped up surveillance on its wet zones along the Danube river and Black Sea and called for people to report any dead birds after it detected its first case of H5 avian flu on Friday. Bulgaria will send a sample from the infected dead swan, found on the Danube River banks in northwestern Bulgaria, to a lab in Britain on Monday to investigate whether it is the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, Baichev said. Results are due in a week. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/05/ content_517192.htm]http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/ 2006-02/05/content_517192.htm |
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