Bird Flu Spreading Across Europe

Bird flu may become entrenched throughout parts of Europe, the United Nations recently reported. The statement came after German scientists discovered the fatal h5n1 strain of the avian influenza virus in seemingly healthy ducks and geese. The fact that German waterfowl may be acting as transmitters of the disease without showing symptoms presents an increased threat to human health, the Food and Agriculture Organization (fao) of the UN reported Oct. 25, 2007.

The spread of avian influenza by birds resistant to the disease has already caused it to become entrenched in some Southeast Asian nations. If the birds do not show symptoms of the disease, infected birds are almost impossible to isolate or eradicate. Because of this, the fao has warned that Europe should prepare for more outbreaks.

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