Turkey takes action after first bird flu case
Last Update: Sunday, October 9, 2005. 1:09pm (AEST)
Turkey says it has had to destroy all winged animals in a village in the western province of Balakasa, after discovering the country's first case of bird flu.
The news comes a day after Romania reported its first case of the flu.
A strain of the virus has killed more than 60 people in South-East Asia over the past two years.
The disease was discovered on a farm in the west of Turkey.
Details are still sketchy, but according to the Anatolia Newsagency, the outbreak first came to official attention on Wednesday.
The agency says all birds on the farm were slaughtered the next day and the entire area has been disinfected.
Turkey's agriculture minister says the situation is under control and every precaution has been taken to stop the disease spreading.
-BBC
Turkey says it has had to destroy all winged animals in a village in the western province of Balakasa, after discovering the country's first case of bird flu.
The news comes a day after Romania reported its first case of the flu.
A strain of the virus has killed more than 60 people in South-East Asia over the past two years.
The disease was discovered on a farm in the west of Turkey.
Details are still sketchy, but according to the Anatolia Newsagency, the outbreak first came to official attention on Wednesday.
The agency says all birds on the farm were slaughtered the next day and the entire area has been disinfected.
Turkey's agriculture minister says the situation is under control and every precaution has been taken to stop the disease spreading.
-BBC
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