Media Sounds Alarm over Dead Birds in Macedonia

Media Sounds Alarm over Dead Birds in Macedonia
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Politics: 17 October 2005, Monday.
More than 2,000 domestic birds have died in three Macedonian villages, local media reports.
In the villages Mogila and Germiyan near Bitola some 1,000 chickens and turkeys have died and another 1,000 dead chickens have been found in the Mikulyane village near Kumanovo (50km away from the Bulgarian border).
The dead birds will be tested in Skopje, Macedoanian media report. Veterinary inspector Nina Dimovska from the Macedonian veterinary inspectorate was cited as saying that so far the tests have proved to be negative.
Lab tests in the United Kingdom proved that the bird virus strain found in Romania is deadly to humans. Romania's agriculture minister said the strain is H5N1 highly pathogenic virus, the same lethal version as the one responsible for more than 60 deaths in Asia.
Earlier in the week Turkey also confirmed the bird virus was the H5N1 strain.

Map Updated

Map updated

http://www.recombinomics.com/H5N1_Map_2005_QinghaiL.html

Commentary

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http://www.recombinomics.com/News/10170502/H5N1_Macedonia.html

Vine si randul Macedoniei?

Vine si randul Macedoniei?

Source : Evenimentul Zile October 17th

http://www.expres.ro/topstory/?news_id=200439

Alerta. In localitatile macedonene Mogila si Germian, din apropierea granitei cu Grecia, s-au inregistrat aproximativ 2.000 de cazuri de morti in randul efectivelor de pasari domestice, fara ca motivul sa fie deocamdata cunoscut. Medicii veterinari investigheaza cazurile, autoritatile de la Skopje temandu-se ca virusul gripei aviare, confirmat in Turcia si Romania, a ajuns si in aceasta zona a Balcanilor. Potrivit satenilor, cele mai multe pasari (aproximativ 1.800) au murit in Germian, in timp ce in Mogila, in ultimele doua zile au murit cel putin 120 de zburatoare.



Alert : In city of Mogila and Germian close to greek bordure were registred around 2000 deaths of domestic birds for unknown reason for the moment... Vetrinars are investigating origin of deaths. Authorities from Skopje are afraid by a H5N1's origin already confirmed in Turkey and Romania. Farmers saiyas that around 1800 birds are dead in Germian and the last 2 days there were around 120 birds dead in Mogila...