Indonesia: Hundreds of chickens on Bali island test positive for bird flu
submited by kickingbird at Aug, 2, 2006 7:1 AM from Jakarta Post
Hundreds of dead chickens found on Bali island resort have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, an animal health official said Tuesday.
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Around 300 birds died of the virus over the past week, said I Gusti Ngurah Sandjaja in Bali´s westernmost Jembrana district.
"We have carried out a rapid test and found that they were positively infected by the bird flu virus," Sandjaja said.
"Fortunately, there are no indications that the virus has spread to humans here."
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