Netherlands bans poultry transport after discovering bird flu

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Netherlands bans poultry transport after discovering bird flu

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/netherlands-bans-poultry-transport-discovering-bird-flu-191435458.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uKzx4fSWiN1uqG7P8SwQng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/7f9d0986c729f5318b38404b45c6831e42479db3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="About 150,000 chickens at the farm in Hekendorp, Holland, are to be destroyed by Dutch health authorities after discovering a strain of bird flu" align="left" title="About 150,000 chickens at the farm in Hekendorp, Holland, are to be destroyed by Dutch health authorities after discovering a strain of bird flu" border="0" /></a>Dutch officials on Sunday banned the transport of poultry in the Netherlands after the discovery of a highly infectious strain of bird flu that could jump to humans. The &quot;highly pathogenic&quot; form of avian influenza discovered at a farm in the centre of the country is very dangerous to birds, and &quot;contamination can occur from animals to humans,&quot; the Dutch government said in a statement. About 150,000 chickens at the farm in Hekendorp are to be destroyed by Dutch health authorities, which for the moment have not identified the exact strain of flu. Avian influenza is fatal for chickens, and poses a health threat to humans, who can become sickened by handling infected poultry.</p><br clear="all"/>

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