Post by Woody Williams on Aug 15, 2006 20:51:16 GMT -5
This doesn’t appear to be the bad stuff though..
Aug 14, 2006 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials believe that wild geese in Michigan may have been infected with a strain of the bird flu virus, but it is not thought to be a highly pathogenic strain and is one that has been seen previously in North America, the White House said on Monday.
White House spokesman Tony Snow said that officials from the Agriculture and Interior Departments would be announcing the findings at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT).
The officials will "be announcing that routine surveillance has indicated the possible presence of an H5N1 avian influenza virus in wild geese … in Michigan, however this is not what we're accustomed to hearing about from Asia," Snow told reporters.
"At this point they believe it is a strain of low pathogenicity similar to strains that have been seen before in North America," he said. Snow added it did not appear to be related to highly pathogenic strain that has spread through parts of Asia, Europe and Africa.
Aug 14, 2006 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials believe that wild geese in Michigan may have been infected with a strain of the bird flu virus, but it is not thought to be a highly pathogenic strain and is one that has been seen previously in North America, the White House said on Monday.
White House spokesman Tony Snow said that officials from the Agriculture and Interior Departments would be announcing the findings at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT).
The officials will "be announcing that routine surveillance has indicated the possible presence of an H5N1 avian influenza virus in wild geese … in Michigan, however this is not what we're accustomed to hearing about from Asia," Snow told reporters.
"At this point they believe it is a strain of low pathogenicity similar to strains that have been seen before in North America," he said. Snow added it did not appear to be related to highly pathogenic strain that has spread through parts of Asia, Europe and Africa.