BERLIN, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A wild duck and a swan found dead near the Polish border have tested positive for bird flu, marking the apparent spread of the H5N1 virus into a fourth state in Europe's biggest economy, officials said on Saturday.
The dead birds were found on the edge of Schwedt, a city near the board of Poland, a spokesman for the agriculture ministry in the eastern state Brandenburg said.
He said the ministry did not have confirmation yet that the birds had the deadliest Asian strain of the H5N1 flu virus.
"The probability that it is, however, is high," the spokesman said.
On Friday, two dead ducks were found to carry the dangerous strain of avian flu in the northwestern state of Schleswig-Holstein, while another one tested positive in the southwestern state of Baden Wuerttemberg.
Most of the birds killed by the virus, 114 altogether, were in the Baltic coast state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the majority on an island called Ruegen.
The bird flu found in all three states has been the deadly Asia form of the virus, local and federal officials have said.
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Merde! Non coq au vin!
This bug is out of the box.
So, tell me again how it's on the verge of killing the entire worlds population?
This bird flu scare has gotten out of hand.
Note to Muslims:
Turn the turkeys over and set them on fire!
Poor birdies.
This is probably a real good time to invest in some fish farms.
"Death by cock",... not a new concept for the french.
Even IF it doesn't mutate and become human to human transmittable this year, it will be next year or the one after that, IMO. It's mutated 7 times since 2003, so it's just a matter of time before it hits, but even IF it never does, I'll have masks to use to paint with for the next millennium. LOL
Re: The French: If chickens eat chickens-is that considered cannibalism?