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Bird flu suspected in fowl in Bucharest

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    Posted: May 20 2006 at 3:58pm
BUCHAREST, May 19 (Reuters) - Preliminary tests show traces of avian flu in the Romanian capital for the first time since it was detected in poultry in the Danube delta last October, an official said on Friday.
Gabriel Predoi, a top official at the Animal Health Agency, said preliminary tests showed the presence of a bird flu strain in three hens in Bucharest.
"The rapid test showed the presence of the H5 virus on the outskirts of Bucharest," Predoi told Reuters. "All poultry from the two households were culled and both places were disinfected."
Predoi said more tests were needed to confirm whether the virus in Bucharest was the deadly H5N1 strain.
Authorities said earlier this week that about 1 million domestic birds might be culled to prevent the spread of avian flu to highly populated areas after H5N1 was detected at a chicken farm 170 km (106 miles) north of Bucharest.
Last week's discovery in the county of Brasov was just a month after the strain was said to have been eradicated in the Black Sea state.
The European Union candidate has culled nearly half a million fowl since discovering the first bird flu case in the Danube delta, Europe's largest wetlands, last October. It has not reported any cases in humans

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