Brussels to ban Russia bird imports

The European Commission said on 5 August 2005 it would declare a Europe-wide ban on imported birds and feather-based products from Russia and Kazakhstan over concern about the spread of a flu virus that can be deadly for humans.

OIE: Update on avian influenza in Asia http://www.oie.int/downld/AVIAN%20INFLUENZA/A_AI-Asia.htm

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm

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