DJ Livestock Update:No Country Safe From Bird Flu-Vet Chiefs

(Comtex Business Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)PARIS, Feb 28, 2006 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) --TOP STORIES

Veterinary Chiefs Say No Country Safe From Bird Flu
Veterinary chiefs meeting in Paris said Tuesday that no country should consider itself safe from the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu and that it's "highly likely" that the disease will continue its spread in poultry stocks in Europe and beyond.

Sweden's Chief Vet Believes Bird Flu Cases Are H5N1
STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)--The aggressive cases of bird flu found in the southeast of Sweden are assumed to be of the H5N1 strain, Leif Denneberg, chief veterinary official at the Swedish Board of Agriculture, told Dow Jones Tuesday.

Bird Flu H5N1 Strain Found In Germany's Bavaria-Officials
BERLIN (AP)--The H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus has been detected in Bavaria, making it the fifth German state to report cases, regional government officials said Tuesday.

UK Govt Adviser: Bird Flu To Hit UK, Stay For 5 Yrs - BBC
LONDON (Dow Jones)--The U.K. government's chief scientific adviser has said he expects bird flu to arrive in the U.K. and remain for "five years plus," the BBC Web site reports Tuesday.

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