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German authorities were culling poultry at a farm in Germany after the discovery of a case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the European Commission announced Friday.  

German authorities have reported a first case of the deadly H5N1 virus in a farm in Saxony. It's the first time this year that the pathogenic form of bird flu has been officially discovered on European soil.  

At least 1,400 birds have been slaughtered at a poultry farm in Germany after testing positive for the bird flu virus.  

SOUTH KOREA - Following reports of a bird flu outbreak, authorities have halted the import of chicks from Germany.  

Source: Reuters HAMBURG, Oct 10 (Reuters) - German authorities said on Friday that the lethal strain of bird flu has been confirmed on a farm in the east of the country. Germany's eastern state government of Saxony ...  

GERMANY - Authorities say a duck at a farm in eastern Germany has tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.  

BERLIN, OCT 9 (BNA)-- BIRD FLU REAPPEARED IN GERMANY AS A DUCK WAS FOUND H5N1 POSITIVE IN A FARM IN THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY.  

Bird flu has returned to Germany, with the H5N1 influenza virus breaking out among farm ducks in the eastern state of Saxony, officials said Thursday.  

A health official says 1,400 birds have been slaughtered at a poultry farm in eastern Germany after a duck tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.  

Protection against bird flu could be provided within a week if an immunisation strategy using a priming jab were introduced, a study suggests.  

387 people in 15 countries, killing 245 of them, according to the World Health Organisation's Aug. 10 tally. Indonesia has the highest toll of any nation. Although bird flu remains an animal disease, experts fear that the virus might mutate into a form  

Vaccinating people against bird flu now could save thousands of lives in a pandemic, research suggests. People given a jab against one strain of avian flu were 'primed' against a wide range of different strains.  

A vaccine available right now could help save lives in a future bird flu pandemic, UK scientists claim.  

The German state of Saxony said the H5N1 bird flu strain had been detected in a duck at a poultry farm near Dresden. "Tests are being carried out to determine whether it is the highly contagious version of the epidemic," said Ralph Schreiber, spokesman for Saxony's social welfare ministry...  

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