Deadly Flu Strain Found in Bird’s Body
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From Times Wire Reports
The British government said the strain of bird flu that killed a parrot in quarantine was the deadly H5N1.
Scientists determined that the parrot, imported from South America, died of the strain of avian flu that has devastated poultry stocks and killed more than 60 people in Asia over the last two years.
The virus is spread by migrating wild fowl and has recently been found in birds in Russia, Turkey and Romania.
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