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PEOPLE'S DAILY

- The Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine has developed a testing method to identify of streptococcus suis in pigs in four hours. The deadly swine flu has killed 36 people and infected 198.

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Daily Bird Flu News Updates:
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/LatestNews/?AREA=LatestNews&Display=6187

Xinhuanet - 2nd August 2005
Experts warn of spread of bird flu in Russia
RUSSIA - Russian veterinary service officials on Monday issued a warning on further spread of the avian flu to more regions after the virus killed more than 2,000 domestic fowl in Novosibirsk and new infections were discovered in the neighboring Altai region.

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Recombinomics - 2nd August 2005
Unverified Reports of Bird Flu Villages Being Razed
A recent translation of a boxun report suggest that three villages were razed in response to unrest linked to a forced bird flu quarantine in Yushu in northwestern Qinghai in China. China has imposed news blackouts and arrested reporters in the past, so verifiable news from the area is difficult to obtain. News outside of China however, points toward a virulent strain of H5N1 linked to Qinghai Lake has killed ducks and geese in several areas of southern Siberia in Russia as well as the adjacent region in Kazakhstan.

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Daily Bird Flu News Updates:
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/LatestNews/?AREA=LatestNews&Display=6187

Xinhuanet - 2nd August 2005
Experts warn of spread of bird flu in Russia
RUSSIA - Russian veterinary service officials on Monday issued a warning on further spread of the avian flu to more regions after the virus killed more than 2,000 domestic fowl in Novosibirsk and new infections were discovered in the neighboring Altai region.

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Recombinomics - 2nd August 2005
Unverified Reports of Bird Flu Villages Being Razed
A recent translation of a boxun report suggest that three villages were razed in response to unrest linked to a forced bird flu quarantine in Yushu in northwestern Qinghai in China. China has imposed news blackouts and arrested reporters in the past, so verifiable news from the area is difficult to obtain. News outside of China however, points toward a virulent strain of H5N1 linked to Qinghai Lake has killed ducks and geese in several areas of southern Siberia in Russia as well as the adjacent region in Kazakhstan.